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The most reliable source of country intelligence on up to 200 countries.
Each comprehensive report examines and explains in-depth the issues shaping the countries in which you operate: the political scene, economic policy, domestic economy, sectoral trends, and foreign trade and payments. The outlook section gives 18-24 month forecasts, assessing how issues currently affecting the political scene and the economy will influence developments next year. Clearly presented statistical tables and charts complement the expert commentary, and pinpoint political and economic trends.
Coverage: 200 countries. Forecasts to 24 months. If accessed via eiu.com, Country Reports includes an archive back to 1996.
Frequency: Monthly for 117 key countries. Quarterly for remainder.
Country Profiles provide analysis of the long-term political and social issues affecting each country on an annual basis. They give a complete introduction to each international market.
The series provides 137 reports on nearly 200 countries, presenting figures and analysis in an historical context. They map out the infrastructure and the major industrial sectors of the economy, and also stand back from the process of change and evaluate longer-term developments.
The statistical tables give a five-year run of data on issues such as manufacturing, fiscal policy and unemployment which, together with the text, provide a detailed insight into the structure and functioning of each country.
Coverage: 200 countries. If accessed via eiu.com, Country Profiles includes an archive back to 1996.
Frequency: Annual
The world's leading medium-term forecasting service on 60 countries.
Country Forecasts focus on the key factors affecting a country’s political and economic outlook and business environment five years ahead. Each report covers an individual country and is written from the perspective of foreign investors. There are 60 Country Forecasts covering 27 OECD countries and 33 major developing countries.
Country Forecasts include the business environment rankings, which enable comparisons to be made quickly and easily on business conditions in different countries. Each report also includes extended coverage of sectoral output, market size, policy indicators and social and demographic data. Country Forecasts now include an extended section on market opportunities, with analysis of the outlook and five-year demand-side forecasts in key industries such as telecoms, consumer goods and automotive.
Regional overviews
Regional overviews are separate quarterly overviews that collate emerging regional trends and issues and provide business, economic and political comparisons on an intra-regional basis. They cover Asia, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Global outlook
Global outlook contains in-depth macroeconomic forecasts for the world economy over the next five years. Monthly updating is also available via Internet subscriptions. Covering fiscal and monetary policies, exchange rates, commodity prices and world trade, Global outlook provides a complete analysis of the complex global trends that can influence a business in the medium term.
Coverage: 60 countries. If accessed via eiu.com, Country Forecasts includes an archive back to 1996.
Frequency: Monthly for Country Forecasts and Global outlook. Quarterly for Regional overviews.
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Daily business intelligence on 195 countries and regions
Designed for executives who require the latest intelligence on any of 195 countries, each day the ViewsWire flags up to 200 key economic, political and market developments around the world and analyses the implications for business. When a major event occurs, the ViewsWire responds with an analytical briefing within 48 hours.
This is the only online service that provides updated analysis and views on issues ranging from regulatory conditions to economic trends in developed and emerging markets. Through the ViewsWire you have instant access to our forecasts and risk assessments, a full range of our financial and economic indicators, and comprehensive coverage of tax, investment and trade regulations.
The ViewsWire makes it easy to locate the exact information you need. It provides five main channels for major and emerging markets—Politics, Economy, Business, Finance, Regulations and the new Risk channel. You can also filter the database on 16 industries using the industry feature.
Regional editions of the ViewsWire are also available and come with the same functionality described for the global service, plus a home page geared towards events in your area of interest: Regional editions:
ViewsWire Africa and Middle East (ame.viewswire.com). Covers 69 countries in Africa and the Middle East.
ViewsWire Latin America (la.viewswire.com), Covers 38 countries in the Americas and the Caribbean.
ViewsWire Asia (asia.viewswire.com). Covers 35 emerging and developed economies in Asia and Australasia.
ViewsWire Eastern Europe (ee.viewswire.com). Covers 29 dynamic markets in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
ViewsWire Western Europe (we.viewswire.com). Covers 20 countries in Western Europe.
Coverage: 195 countries and regions, or regional editions.
Frequency: Updated daily.
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Daily risk analysis on key emerging markets
RiskWire provides analysis and data on the level of operational risk in 60 major markets. The service is delivered via the Internet, and also provides alerts by e-mail on changing risk factors in your countries of interest. It includes in-depth risk analysis, combined with forecasts and background information on each country.
The risk categories covered for each country in RiskWire are: Security risk; Political stability; Government ef; Economic risk; Infrastructure risk; Macroeconomic risk; Legal and regulatory risk; Foreign trade and payments risk; Tax policy risk; Labour market risk; and Financial risk.
Frequency: Updated daily
Coverage: 60 countries. (Emerging markets, plus the same range of data on Japan, Germany and United States as benchmark countries for their respective regions).
An analytical database of worldwide economic indicators and forecasts.
CountryData is the most comprehensive source of economic indicators and forecasts available. You can access more than 270 economic series and more than 1m individual data points, starting from 1980 and forecasting out to 2007.
Variables for each country are divided into the following major categories:
• Economic structure, including GDP, inflation, money supply, exchange rates and population.
• Foreign payments, including current account, financing and international reserves.
• External debt stock and external debt service, including repayments to multilateral organisations.
• Trends in foreign trade, providing data on the origin of imports and the destinations of exports.
Forty pre-selected regions within CountryData allow you to determine how a region is performing, or can serve as a vital benchmark for each country. Regional aggregates include sums and weighted averages of individual data points, saving you hours of calculations.
The Economist Intelligence Unit relies on more than 60 country experts and a network of 600 analysts worldwide to produce CountryData. Data are gathered from hundreds of sources and a rigorous quality-control programme ensures their accuracy and consistency. In addition, all the data are fully sourced and annotated so you know exactly where they originated. To help you distinguish between historical data and our estimates and forecasts, CountryData uses a clear colour scheme.
Frequency: Monthly updates to CountryData. Each new update contains the complete data set, including any forecasts that have been revised in the previous month plus new actuals and estimates. Each country is updated on a three-month rolling basis.
Coverage: 117 countries and 40 regions
Market sizes and growth potential information for 60 major markets worldwide
CountryIndicators delivers the range of market variables required by strategists and business planners. This service provides an accurate and comprehensive source of industry, demographic, consumption and key economic data on each market.
Coverage ranges from the developed economies of the OECD to the key emerging markets of Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. It provides more than 250 variables for each country, including data on consumer markets and income; infrastructure; e-business readiness ratings by country; competitiveness; politics, institutions and regulations; and the macroeconomic and political environment for business within each country.
CountryIndicators also provides assessments for each country’s political stability, governments’ stance towards business, industrial relations, the tax regime, financing regulations, foreign trade and exchange regime, and government policies towards foreign investment.
Frequency: Database is updated monthly.
Coverage: 60 countries
A guide to pricing of 160 products and services across 123 cities and 79 countries
CityData is the most complete guide to global price levels available. It contains pricing information on over 160 products and services in 123 cities worldwide. Prices range from the cost of a loaf of bread to the average electricity bill for a local family, and from the cost of office rents to median salary levels. Pricing information runs from 1990 to the present, which enables you to plot trends in pricing and costs over time.
Frequency: Database is updated every 6 months.
Coverage: 60 countries
Continuously updated political, economic and financial risk analysis for 100 countries.
In-depth and timely analysis of the risks of financial exposure in any one of 100 countries. This helps you to make informed and immediate decisions about a country’s creditworthiness. Each report provides a crucial insight into the risk of investing in the currency, sovereign debt or banking sector of an emerging market, over a two-year forecasting horizon.
Each Country Risk Service report includes an overall country risk rating—a quantitative assessment of the risk of doing business in each country. Each report also includes analysis of the political risk outlook; economic outlook; external finance and credit risk; specific investment risk ratings; two-year forecasts; and statistical appendices.
Frequency: Monthly
Coverage: 100 countries. If accessed via eiu.com, Country Risk Service includes an archive back to 1996.
The Risk Ratings Review provides a comparative summary of risk ratings for all 100 countries covered by the Country Risk Service. This publication allows the reader to spot global trends and identify countries whose risk profile is changing. It includes a written analysis of each region.
Frequency: Monthly
Coverage: All 100 countries covered by the Country Risk Service. If accessed via eiu.com, Country Risk Service includes an archive to 1996.
A business guide to investing, licensing and trading in 55 countries.
Country Commerce will help you take advantage of country-specific tax and financial incentives in each country. It covers topics including how to organise investments, establish solid international partnerships, comply with local business laws and foreign investment regulations, and protect your investments and property abroad.
Frequency: Annual
Coverage: 55 countries
A comprehensive guide to the changing financial conditions, tax laws, investment opportunities and banking and other financial services in 47 countries.
Country Finance provides you with incisive intelligence on an extensive range of topics from short-term financing to foreign-exchange regulations, helping you to maximise and protect the return on your overseas investments.
Frequency: Annual
Coverage: 47 countries
Thought leadership and industry insight for senior executives
This new thought leadership programme from the Economist Intelligence Unit aims to help senior executives run profitable and versatile corporations in a volatile and challenging global economy. The new online briefing service is also the core of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s industry coverage.
As business conditions have worsened, the unknowns have multiplied, and Executive Briefing offers executives insights into the most challenging issues. For example, is the world headed for a prolonged recession, or for a transitory downturn and brisk recovery? Is it better to downsize for the long haul, or to preserve current structures and await better times?
Executive Briefing brings together country intelligence, strategic advice and thought leadership. Available by subscription to individuals as well as networked corporations, the programme includes a decision-support service and regular alerts on critical issues. The Executive Briefing programme is structured around four major areas: Management thinking; Industry trends; Global markets; and E-business.
Frequency: Daily updates to the service.
Coverage: Management, industry and e-business trends in 60 important markets.
The city-by-city guide to the costs of living and working overseas.
The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Worldwide Cost of Living is the ultimate Internet tool for calculating the cost-of-living allowances for expatriates and business travelers, and building compensation packages to match. It covers the cost of 167 items in 130 cities in 86 countries,
Frequency: Updated twice a year.
Coverage: Comparative cost of living data for 130 cities in 86 countries.
World commodity forecasts provide comprehensive analysis of the fundamentals influencing commodity prices and detailed price forecasts up to two years ahead for 28 com. Published quarterly in two separate publications, covering hard commodities—Industrial raw materials—and soft commodities—Food, feedstuffs and beverages—World commodity forecasts offer a wide-ranging coverage of commodity markets.
Frequency: Quarterly
Coverage: 28 commodities, including industrial raw materials and food, feedstuffs and beverages.
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