Economic indicators data

Economic indicators are time series that describe how economies perform: output, prices, employment, trade, money, interest rates, and business and consumer sentiment. Investors, central-bank watchers, corporate planners, consultancies and researchers use them for forecasting, scenario analysis and benchmarking.

Typical fields

• Indicator name, code and definition
• Country or region
• Period and frequency: daily, monthly, quarterly or annual
• Value, unit and seasonal adjustment flag
• Release date and vintage
• Source agency and original series code
• Revision flags and notes

Sources and collection

Indicators come from national statistical offices, central banks, finance ministries and international organizations such as the IMF, the World Bank, the OECD and the ILO. Providers collect releases, map series to common codes, align definitions, and record each release so earlier vintages can be reconstructed.

Delivery and pricing

Delivered through APIs, spreadsheet add-ins, cloud shares and bulk files. Pricing typically depends on the number of countries and series, depth of history, real-time release alerts and the number of users.

Before you buy

• Ask whether vintages are stored, so you can see what was known on any date.
• Check update latency after official releases.
• Confirm how definitional breaks and rebasing are handled.
• Check coverage for emerging and frontier markets, where releases can be irregular.
• Review licence terms for redistributing underlying official data.