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Oxford Economics Offers Global Insight to Datastream Users
Unprecedented economic circumstances and volatility. Job market changes. A greater focus on emerging markets. These are just a few of the trends that have driven the need for more information and sources of insight.
To help meet this need head on, Thomson Reuters Datastream is pleased to offer customers, at no additional charge, data from a leading provider of economic data and forecasts — Oxford Economics.
Founded in partnership with the business College of Oxford University in 1981, Oxford Economics is now an independent economic consultancy relied on by economists, financial managers, and decision-makers in private and public sectors. Comprehensive forecasts are derived from their proprietary model, and the contributions of more than 75 Oxford economists to the methodology and assumptions. By taking account of the trade, labor and financial linkages between economies, this time-tested model provides a rigorous structure and discipline to global forecasting. As a result, Oxford’s forecasts are renown in the market for their reliability and consistency.
Added Analysis Breadth and Depth
With forecasts to 2036, consistent history from 1980’s, coverage of 186 countries totaling over 93,000 series, the dataset provides a powerful tool for analyzing global economies. The series are at annual frequency for the 186 countries and also quarterly for 45 leading developed and emerging markets.
Coverage runs the gamut from national, government, balance of payment and financial accounts to prices, wages, unemployment and other key statistics.
Indicator Coverage
- GDP by expenditure and major sectors, GVA by industry
- Net acquisition of financial assets and net wealth for major sectors
- Corporate assets, liabilities, profits, debt
- Government revenues, expenditures, balance and debt
- Merchandise exports, imports, trade balance
- Current and capital account balances for goods, services, income, transfers, direct and portfolio investment; capital flight
- International reserves and exchange rates
- External debt, payments and service. Loans by type (cross border, multilateral, bilateral, IMF) and export credits. Effective maturity and interest rate on debt
- Commercial bank loans, foreign assets and liabilities
- Money supply; short and long term interest rates
- Inflation rates; producer, trade, house, and share price indexes for major markets
- Unemployment, employment, labor supply, and earnings. And employment by industry, productivity and labor costs for major markets
- Industrial production index, oil production; other energy indicators for major markets
- Retail sales and credit for major markets
- Population total and of working age
Historical data are taken from original primary sources for the majority of the series and are of the highest quality. These are supplemented with financial and debt data from the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and Bank for International Settlements. Headline and major macroeconomic series are available for all countries. Availability varies for the more detailed and analytic series.
Many indicators are presented in common terms for comparability across countries. For example, the GDP and component expenditure series are provided in national currencies, US dollars, and USD adjusted for purchasing power parities.
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