TabbedOverviewOne title within the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) "Country Analysis and Forecasting" subscription series set is the EIU Country Reports. These provide regular, detailed economic and political forecasts for over 190 countries, and EIU assessments of the business and regulatory environments in those countries. The reports are updated periodically to reflect significant political and economic developments, and provide data on key economic indicators, and forecasts of economic statistics out to five years. Provider: Economist Intelligence UnitPosted: Sep 16, 2013 10:40amUpdated: Dec 12, 2017 11:41amSourceCRL reviews are based on independent research. Information is researched by CRL staff and other specialists at CRL libraries. See CRL Review for additional source notes.See also: EIU Country Analysis DetailsCollection ContentSubject Areas: Social SciencesResource Types: Big dataFinancial dataReportsStatistical dataStatistics - Denotes data sourced directly from publisherTerms and Provider DetailsProvider: Economist Intelligence Unit Website: http://www.eiu.com/home.aspxMain Address: 20 Cabot Square London E14 4QW United Kingdom CRL ReviewCollection Content: One title within the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) "Country Analysis and Forecasting" subscription series set is the EIU Country Reports. These provide regular, detailed economic and political forecasts for over 190 countries, and EIU assessments of the business and regulatory environments in those countries. The reports are updated periodically to reflect significant political and economic developments, and provide data on key economic indicators, and forecasts of economic statistics out to five years. Reports enable planning for the economic, political and financial changes that will affect a given country or region, providing an analysis of salient developments in politics, economic policy and the economy, as well as five-year forecasts of the main political and economic trends. As of December 2017, EIU country reports featured sections on: Political stability Election watch International relations Policy trends Fiscal policy Monetary policy International assumptions Economic growth/ inflation Exchange rates In October 2014, CRL hosted a webinar entitled “Mining Big Economic Data,” which explored how the publications and custom data feeds from the Economist Intelligence Unit can potentially support the complex global data needs of major academic research projects in the field of international trade and economics. Terms: Country Reports can be purchased as a complete set or by individual countries. Libraries report large subscription price increases after having subscribed to EIU country reports for many years, some to over $80,000 per year. Strengths and Weaknesses: Libraries report that EIU "tends to replace the forecast with the actual data (when it comes up) and therefore purges the historical forecasts." This is a drawback for researchers wanting to track the evolution of "conventional wisdom" about economic climates and prospects in national economies from one year to the next. SourcesSources for this review include information publicly posted or obtained directly from the publisher; data collected by CRL staff and specialists at CRL libraries; and examination of the digital collection when possible. Other sources are noted where cited. CRL continues to gather additional information on this resource and to solicit critical assessment.Additional Reviews in Other Sources: See James Wiser's 2007 comparative review of this product and Euromonitor International's Country Reports / Country Insights products in The Charleston Advisor. CRL Offers & Status StatusCurrentDescription CRL FlaggednoPotential interest to CRL community Offer PendingnoCurrently a candidate for CRL offer Active OffernoCurrently offered for purchase or new subscription Trial AccessnoAvailable for trial Renewal OffernoCurrently offered for renewal Expired OffernoPast offers Inactive / DeclinednoNo longer under consideration by CRL Reviewed by CRLyesEvaluation available by CRL and community Special AccessnoMember-only access available for a limited time The complete offer and activity details for this resource are only available to CRL members. Community RatingsPlatform and user interface: 0 Your rating: None 0 No votes yet Content scope and completeness: 0 Your rating: None 0 No votes yet Cost and price-structure: 0 Your rating: None 0 No votes yet Print