Business

Previously known as Viewswire. Excellent brief overviews, news is updated at least several times a week. Includes forecasts, many charts of key indicators (downloadable). Tabs: Essential ; Politics ; Economy ; Policy ; Business Environment ; Industries (brief info. for a few industries); Reports (links to the "1-click report"). Also links to The Economist (lower right of page).

Select "Country Reports" from right frame. Includes: in-depth (more than 50 pages) reports from MarketLine, updated annually ; 5-7 page monthly summaries from IHS Markit (focus is on risk) ; Country Review (from CountryWatch) - book-length (several hundred pages) & updated annually ; in-depth Country Risk Report, updated quarterly, from Fitch Solutions.

Online version of the standard source Europa World Year Book. It's a meticulously researched global resource including political, economic and statistical information about more than 250 countries and territories, as well as international and regional organizations. Also features directory/contact info. for key government officials & media companies, as well as business organizations.

Within OECD iLibrary database. "Browse by Country" - select "Economic Survey" - in-depth analysis (typically more than 100 pages) for the 38 OECD member countries.

Select "Statistics" tab. "Main Economic Indicators" ; "OECD Agriculture Statistics" ; "OECD Economic Outlook" , and more.

Authoritative, harmonized global statistical data from these sources and more: International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade, Balance of Payments, Government Finance Statistics and Coordinated Portfolio Investment Statistics, World Economic Outlook. Select "Datasets" tab for more data sources.

Brief statistics and charts. Click on "indicators" for detailed statistics. Free database.

From the United Nations. Free database.

From the World Bank. Info. on more than 400 indicators, with some data starting from the mid-1960s. Free database.