Economic Data

Economics

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An overview of Economics

Our economics database offers deep and consistent global data coverage. We deliver economic data with critical timeliness to affirm your decision-making. A collection of economic content emphasizes factors that affect global financial market performance.

Access macro data, such as national, financial, and external accounts, industrial activity and labor indicators. As well as micro detail on housing, energy, automotive, and other industries and key indicators for sub-national areas. Supplemented by our consumer confidence data; business outlook and PMI's for main operating indicators; and results of surveys on competitiveness, entrepreneurship, and doing business.

Key Facts

Geographical coverage

Global

History

From 1900

Data format

CSV

HTML

PDF

SQL

XML

Delivery mechanism

API

Cloud

Deployed/Onsite Servers

Desktop

Data frequency

Daily

Weekly

Monthly

Quarterly

Annual

Features & Benefits

What you get with Economics

Select for analysis from over 18.7 million economic time series on macro and microeconomic topics, from national sources for timely locally important data, and international sources for comparable data. Altogether over 1,700 sources and partners are used.
Access comprehensive history as far back as the 1900s for G7, 1970s for developed markets, 1990s for developing and emerging markets.
View standard metadata (units and scale, adjustment status, the base period for real and index data), conversion methodology, and source. On Datastream, in the Navigator spotlights, there are also definitions provided for many of the series.
Next Dates of Release are provided for over 350,000 national source series. These static datatypes provide up to 12 future release dates per series. NDOR’s are taken from calendars published by the sources or estimated by us from past experience. The dates provide the tool for planning around next updates; or for knowing the economic events to be released on a given day.
Links to sources are available for all national source series, from the spotlight on Navigator. Also available for many series are links to the latest data release so you can read the text that came out with the numbers and/or investigate further.
Ensuring superior quality, with +30 years legacy of meeting strict standards, handling revisions and providing consistent histories, and building knowledge, the content is of the highest quality. Our expert content staff knows the information and sources and follows best practices, ensuring quality data and support. Teams are in the U.K., Poland, the Philippines, India, China, and the United States for close and timely contact with sources.

RELEVANT USE CASES

Economic & econometric workflow use case

How our APIs and feeds can power your economic and econometric workflows.

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How it works

Accessing the dataset

This dataset can be used by the following products. Talk to us to learn more about different packages and offerings.

Products

LSEG Datastream Data Loader (DDL)

Datastream Data Loader (DDL) offers fast, flexible, bulk delivery of LSEG's premium content, covering all Datastream markets worldwide, history back to the 1900’s, over 360 million time series and over 17,000 different fields. DDL allows you to customise the data you need from our full range of Datastream content and retrieve it one of two ways: when the latest updated data becomes available or at a scheduled time of your choice. This simple, yet powerful FTP-based solution is the most flexible, easy-to-implement, and cost-effective method of delivering large amounts of referential data.

Data Formats:: CSV; PDF; HTML

Delivery Mechanisms:: API; Desktop

Service Frequencies:: Real time

LSEG Datastream

Welcome to Datastream, our historical financial database with over 40 million individual instruments or indicators across all major asset classes, including 15 million economic indicators. It features 100+ years of data, across 175 countries – the information and tools you need to interpret market trends, economic cycles, and the impact of world events. Datastream is available via Eikon DFO, Eikon R&A, Workspace for Students, Workspace for Academics, Workspace for Wealth. Datafeed access is via Datastream Data Loader & Datastream Web Service (which includes Matlab, EViews, Python, R & codebook integration) Client desktop tools include DFO (Datastream for Office) Datastream Charting, including Chartbook Navigator - Search & Navigation tool

Data Formats:: HTML

Delivery Mechanisms:: API; Desktop

Service Frequencies:: Real time

Knowledge Direct

Knowledge Direct API uses industry standard protocols (SOAP and XML) to deliver LSEG content for inclusion within internal or external client applications. Using XML request/response, clients can access a comprehensive offering of company and economic Data (fundamentals, estimates, significant developments, etc.), market data, news and quotes and the associated capabilities, including charts, search and timeseries.

Data Formats:: XML

Delivery Mechanisms:: API

Service Frequencies:: Real time

LSEG Quantitative Analytics

"LSEG Quantitative Analytics – a powerful, scalable platform to manage, maintain and integrate quantitative analysis and investment data. It is available with the following deployment options: o Deployed (On Premise) o Deployed (VM Hosted) o Cloud (Azure) o Cloud (Snowflake) "

Data Formats:: SQL

Delivery Mechanisms:: Deployed/Onsite Servers; Cloud

Service Frequencies:: Real time

DETAILED DATA SUPPORT

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Americas

All countries (toll free): +1 800 427 7570
Brazil: +55 11 47009629
Argentina: +54 11 53546700
Chile: +56 2 24838932
Mexico: +52 55 80005740
Colombia: +57 1 4419404

Europe, Middle East, Africa

Europe: +442045302020
Africa: +27 11 775 3188
Middle East & North Africa: 800035704182

Asia Pacific (Sub-Regional)

Australia & Pacific Islands: +612 8066 2494
China mainland: +86 10 6627 1095
Hong Kong & Macau: +852 3077 5499
India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives & Sri Lanka:
+91 22 6180 7525
Indonesia: +622150960350
Japan: +813 6743 6515
Korea: +822 3478 4303
Malaysia & Brunei: +603 7 724 0502
New Zealand: +64 9913 6203
Philippines: 180 089 094 050 (Globe) or
180 014 410 639 (PLDT)
Singapore and all non-listed ASEAN Countries:
+65 6415 5484
Taiwan: +886 2 7734 4677
Thailand & Laos: +662 844 9576

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