• A collection of financial and economic data provided in ASCII or Excel format.
• Long-term historical indices covering over 200 countries
• Includes: total return data on stocks, bonds, and bills: interest rates; exchange rates; inflation rates; bone indices; commodity indices and prices; consumer price indices; gross domestic product; individual stocks; sector indeices; treasury bill yields; wholesale price indices; and unemployment rates
• New member will need to create a free account, make sure to select Academic under New Member Accounts

Provides access to a range of economic time series that relates to financial stability, productivity, exchange rates, etc. Note the International Financial Statistics for individual countries are included in a separate product licensed by the library.

The interactive Data Mapper tool allows users to select data or indicators for regions and/or countries and map or graph them. All data is available for download.

• Online: annual, quarterly and monthly data from 1940 +
• UN9..MF......I52....ENG
• 1948 - 2002 (holding incomplete)
• 2003 + International Financial Statistics: Country notes
• Annual 1979 +
• Includes: exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts and national accounts

• ZZ...EC........-F371A
• 1983 - 1998

• Provides data for the Group of 20 economies (G-20) and some other important financial sectors that are not members of the G-20
• Available online

• Select "Quotes" from the Companies/Markets dropdown list for historical stock prices

• "Canada, US, European, and other global financial and economic datasets including stock/ETF prices, company financials, foreign exchange rates, and quantitative indicators such as momentum and volatility."
• University of Toronto members can contact support@alphavantage.co for a free academic account and direct technical support
• Refer to Practical guide to financial data APIs for technical integration tips and code samples

• UN2..S...30..Y25....ENG
• 1957 - 1981
• 1982 - 2007 (incomplete)
• Covers more than 130 countries and areas
• Vol.1 Individual country data, includes gross domestic product expenditure; national income and national disposable income; capital transactions of the nations; gross domestic product by kind of economic activity; domestic factor incomes; supply and disposition of commodities; government final consumption expenditure; private final consumption expenditure; distribution of capital flows; income and outlay and capital transactions by corporations, institutions, governments and by households; external transaction
• Vol.2 International table, contains internationally comparable data

• ZZ...EC..21..N12....EXF
• Dec. 1975 - Dec. 2007
• Online: OECD iLibrary
• 1st volume contains the main aggregates of each country over a period of up to 20 years
• 2nd volume gives each country's detailed statistics for the last 12 years

• ZZ...EC..21..Q76....EXF
• 1960/1971

• Online: annual and quarterly data from 1940 +
• UN9..MF......B16....ENG
• 1938/46/47 +
• Previously called Balance of Payment Yearbook (1938 - 1981)
• Part 1 provides detailed tables on balance of payments statistics for approximately 170 countries and international investment position data for 105 countries
• Part 2 includes tables of regional and world totals of major balance of payment components

• Online: 1990 +
• UN9..MF......G52
• 1977 +
• Includes data on transactions in revenue, expense, net acquisition of assets and liabilities, other economic flows and blances of assets and liabilities of general government and its subsectors

• UN9..MG........-W542
• 1997 +
• "Tracks the annual movement of international capital flows to developing countries"
• Provides historical statistics in 5 years interval from 1990
• Contains statistics on debt, resource flows, major economic aggregates including GNI, debt indicators, interest payment, principal repayment and etc.

• ZZ...ED........-C24
• 2000, 2001, 2004+
• Available online 2003+

• UN9..MG........-L37
• 2006 +
• Available online

• ZZ...ED........-E83
• 1985/86 - 1993/94, 1996 - 2002
• Available online

• UN5..E..100....-W53
• 1991 +
• Online, 1991+
• "Focuses on trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) worldwide, at the regional and country levels"
• Each issue contains:
  • "Analysis of the trends in FDI during the previous year
  • Ranking of the largest transnational corporations in the world
  • In-depth analysis of a selected topic related to FDI
  • Policy analysis and recommendations
  • Statistical annex with data on FDI flows and stocks for 196 economies"

• ZZ...ED........-I52
• 1993 - 2004
• "Details historical statistics on international direct investment to and from the OECD. Data are broken down by geographical zone and industrial sector for direct investment flows and stocks"
• Available online1999-2004
• Continued by OECD International Direct Investment Statistics

• UN5..E..100-1992W53
• 1992 - 2004

• ZZ...EC.140..R27....EXF
• 1968/70, 1965/72 - 1965 2007
• "Provides detailed tables, by country, on sources of government revenues, including compulsory social security contributions. A special secton compares the tax/benefit position of a typical worker in each country"
• Available online 1999+

• 1930/38 +
• The BIS "serves as a bank for central banks and plays an important role in providing central banks with a broad range of financial services for managing their external reserves
• The annual report is an important source for asset prices, exchange rates, and capital flows
• Reports the bank holdings of foreign assets and liabilities for approximately 236 countries and/or regions"
• 1931+ available online

• UN9..MF......A56....ENG
• 1946 -2006
• 1996+ available online

• UN9..MF......A52....ENG
• 1950 - 2003