This guide highlights only few key resources in the EDS collection that deal with financial data.

• DataStream
  • Time series covering stocks, bonds, commodities and economic data by country
  • Available on-site in DSSC/EDS or the Business and Economics Library.
• Wharton Research Data Service (WRDS)
  • A collection of financial, economic, and marketing data sources.
  • Includes Computstat, CRSP, Global Insight, OptionMetrics and much more.
  • Available on-site in DSSC/EDS or the Business and Economics Library.
    Refer here for details.
• International Financial Statistics (IFS)
  • Time series data by country.
  • Includes: exchange rates, interest rates, prices, production, international
    transactions, government accounts, national accounts, and more.
  • A PC-based version that handles large downloads is available in the
    Data-Apps program menu of the DSSC/EDS workstations.
• Government Finance Statistics (GFS)
  • Time series data by country.
  • Includes: detailed annual statistical data on revenue, expense, transactions
    in assets and liabilities, and stocks of assets and liabilities of
    general government and its subsectors as reported by member countries.
• Balance of Payments Statistics (BPS)
  • Time series data by country.
  • information on the balance of payments among countries and geographical areas of the world.
• Bloomberg
  • Real-time prices, futures, options, and spot rates for commodities and currencies.
  • Data on financial instruments like debt (corporate/government), equities, indices, mortgages, short term paper and more.
  • Real-time newswires
  • Available at dedicated workstations in the DSSC/EDS or the Business and
    Economics Library.
• Global Development Finance (GDF)
  • For developing countries time-series data on resource flows, financial indicators
    including workers remittances, external debt stocks, debt flows and more.
• Global Financial Data (GFD)
  • Long term historical indices for a wide range of financial and economic indicators
    including: GDP, monetary rates, interest rates, stock and bond markets, and more.
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  • The OECD maintains a number of databases containing time-series data.
• EIU Country Data
  • Annual economic indicators and forecasts
  • Economic structure, foreign payments, external debt stock, external debt service,
    external trade, trends in foreign trade, quarterly indicators.
• Selected Internet Resources
  • Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
  • FedStats
  • National Bureau of Economic Research
  • Business and Economics Library, Internet Resources - Finance
  • Economic Data, DSSC guide to key sources

For assistance with these resources visit either the DSSC or the Business and Economics Library.