Guides: Business & Economics: Economic Data and International Information

Economic Data

Passport (formerly Global Market Information Database)
Market research reports on countries, consumers and industries from Euromonitor International. Historic data from 1997 plus up-to-date forecast models including industry reports and market share data. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
International Monetary Fund Data
Economic statistics for 269 countries from the International Monetary Fund.
World DataBank This link opens in a new window
Analysis and visualization tool for data regarding economic policy and debt, education, environment, financial sector, health, infrastructure, labor, poverty, and trade.
Statista
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
ICPSR Direct
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research collection of social science data. First time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account.

Business Source Complete
Business Source Premier has country reports that discuss business, economic, risk and political trends. Type the name of your country into the search box. Scroll down to Publication Type and select Country Report. Click Search.
Passport (formerly Global Market Information Database)
This database has Consumer Lifestyles reports that provide information from a marketing perspective. Click Countries & Consumers at the top of the screen and then select Consumer Trends & Lifestyles. On the left-hand column use the pull-down menu for Consumer Lifestyles to select the report for your country.

Business Source Complete
Business Source Premier will have articles about doing business in different countries. Combine the name of the country with terms such as culture or business etiquette. Type your country name into the first box and type in terms such as culture into the second box (also try business etiquette).