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Global Economic Data

U.S. Department of State - Country background notes
These publications include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. The Background Notes are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs.

Index of Economic Freedom
Covers 183 countries across 10 specific freedoms such as trade freedom, business freedom, investment freedom, and property rights.

MSU Global Access: Commerce and Economic Issues
Provides links to international business resources searchable by region, country, constituency group, resource type and language.

Economist
Country Briefings: News, country profiles, forecasts, statistics and more.

RGE Monitor - Economic and Financial Intelligence
RGE Monitor delivers ahead-of-the-curve global economic insights that financial professionals need to know.

The World Bank
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Economic and financial conditions of the global economy are outlined in the charts and other resources updated daily.

The Doing Business Project
Provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 181 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level.

World Economic Forum
An independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Provides a setting where governments compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practice and coordinate domestic and international policies.

The International Monetary Fund
An organization of 186 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.

Center for Global Development
Independent Research and practical ideas for global prosperity.

RePEc
The largest bibliographic database dedicated to Economics and available freely on the Internet. Over 750,000 items of research can be browsed or searched, and over 650,000 can be downloaded in full text.

Financial Times World News
The World section of the business newspaper features business, market, and political news from different regions of the world. It also publishes a large number of special reports, country/industry surveys and commentary on current events.

Yale Global Online
An online magazine that serves as a resource for current events and international affairs.

globalEDGE - Source for Global Business Knowledge
A knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities.