Resources on Economic Indicators

Economic Indicators

Economic indicators are important to the business community and for this reason we have compiled books on the subject which provide information on understanding and interpreting indicators, as well as databases and websites with Canadian and World economic indicator data.

Baumohl's The Secrets of Economic Indicators is highly recommended for its clear and detailed presentation, website suggestions, and description of why some of these statistics are so sensitive that journalists are "locked-up" prior to the release of the data.

Books

For an up-to-date list of library holdings, search the Western Libraries catalogue for the SUBJECTs:

Economic indicators
Economic development
Economic forecasting
Business forecasting

A selection of books held by Western Libraries is provided below:

Constable, Simon
The Wall Street journal guide to the 50 economic indicators that really matter (BUS HG4529.5.C658 2011)

The design and use of political economy indicators : challenges of definition, aggregation, and application (BUS HB3711.D43 2008)

Guide to economic indicators: making sense of economics (BUS HA29.E24 2007)

Lehmann, Michael B.
The Irwin Guide to Using the Wall Street Journal (Online)

Stein, Robert
Inside Greenspan's Briefcase : Investment Strategies for Profiting from Key Reports and Data (BUS HG4521.S756 2002)

Vaitilingam, Romesh
The Financial Times Guide to Using the Financial Pages (BUS REF HG4527.V24 1994)

Yamarone, Richard
The Trader's Guide to Key Economic Indicators (BUS HC106.83.Y35 2004)

Databases

Bank of Canada
Information about Canadian economic indicators, government securities and savings bonds, inflation, monetary policy, exchange rates, financial rates, and statistics is updated daily.

Bloomberg (In library use only)
Indicators provided instantly upon release.

Conference Board of Canada e-Library
Canadian Outlook Economic Forecast and Provincial Outlook Economic Forecast reports are available under Research Reports. Recent key economic indicators are also found in The Canadian Month at a Glance as well as The U.S. Month at a Glance.

Economist Intelligence Unit Country Reports
Provides summary reports for each country.

IMF International Financial Statistics eLibrary
All aspects of international and domestic finance, with history to 1948.

World Development Indicators
Current and accurate global development data, including national, regional and global estimates from the World Bank.

Websites

About Economic Indicators
Maintained by the Economics and Statistics Administration (U.S.)

CIBC World Markets
Free research from CIBC.

Economy in Brief
Quarterly description of Canada's economic performance from the Department of Finance.

Ivey Purchasing Managers Index
Produced by Ivey,  in association with the Purchasing Management Association of Canda.

Statistics Canada
Browse the Economic Accounts page or search for specific data.