World Trend Plus

We added new benchmark indicators and new international sources in the last 12 months to enrich your service.

 

Choose a World Trend Plus section to see specific data releases in the past year

 

As well as new data we have made improvements to the functionality of the platform and introduced key strategic partnerships to enhance the service.

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Economic Monitor

 

Access our new Economic Monitor additions. Click below for further details.

 

Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) Index

The EPU Index is a new method developed by Scott R. Baker, Steven J. Davis and Nicholas Bloom to measure policy-related economic uncertainty based on newspaper coverage frequency and its dynamic relationship with output, investment, and employment. EPU indices are provided monthly for 26 countries and regions, from January 1997 to the present for all countries and from earlier years for some countries.  Explore this index here.

Additional frequencies for 29 GEM indicators

Additional frequencies launched for 29 indicators to further streamline the cross-country comparative analysis. This also allow users to have more timely indication of certain economic indicators and at the same time match frequency across indicators for further analysis. See below to view indicator list.

 

Topic

GEM Indicator

Previously available frequencies

Currently available frequencies

Production

Industrial Production Index Growth

Predominantly Monthly, a few Quarterly and Annual

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Industrial Production Index: Y-o-Y Growth: Asia
Table: Industrial Production Index: Y-o-Y Growth: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Industrial Production Index: Y-o-Y Growth: Middle East and Africa
Table: Industrial Production Index: Y-o-Y Growth: North and South America

Sales, Orders, Inventory

New Orders Growth

Predominantly Monthly, a few Quarterly

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: New Orders Y-o-Y Growth: Asia
Table: New Orders Y-o-Y Growth: Europe and Central Asia
Table: New Orders Y-o-Y Growth: North and South America

Construction and Properties

House Prices Growth

Predominantly Monthly, a few Quarterly and Annual

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: House Prices: Y-o-Y Growth: Asia
Table: House Prices: Y-o-Y Growth: Europe and Central Asia
Table: House Prices: Y-o-Y Growth: Middle East and Africa
Table: House Prices: Y-o-Y Growth: North and South America

Government and Public Finance

Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of Nominal GDP

Predominantly Annual, a few Quarterly and Monthly

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of Nominal GDP: Asia
Table: Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of Nominal GDP: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of Nominal GDP: Middle East and Africa
Table: Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of Nominal GDP: North and South America

Government Debt: USD mn

Mixed

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Government Debt: USD: Asia
Table: Government Debt: USD: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Government Debt: USD: Middle East and Africa
Table: Government Debt: USD: North and South America

Government Debt: % Nominal GDP

Predominantly Annual, a few Quarterly

Quarterly, Annual

Table: Government Debt: % Nominal GDP: Asia
Table: Government Debt: % Nominal GDP: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Government Debt: % Nominal GDP: Middle East and Africa
Table: Government Debt: % Nominal GDP: North and South America

Monetary

M2 Growth

Predominantly Monthly, a few Quarterly and Annual

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: M2 Y-o-Y Growth: Asia
Table: M2 Y-o-Y Growth: Europe and Central Asia
Table: M2 Y-o-Y Growth: Middle East and Africa
Table: M2 Y-o-Y Growth: North and South America

Foreign Exchange Reserves: USD mn

Monthly

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Foreign Exchange Reserves: USD: Asia
Table: Foreign Exchange Reserves: USD: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Foreign Exchange Reserves: USD: Middle East and Africa
Table: Foreign Exchange Reserves: USD: North and South America

Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import

Predominantly Monthly, a few Quarterly and Annual

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import: Asia
Table: Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import: Middle East and Africa
Table: Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import: North and South America

Domestic Credit: USD mn

Predominantly Monthly, a few Quarterly

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Domestic Credit: USD: Asia
Table: Domestic Credit: USD: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Domestic Credit: USD: Middle East and Africa
Table: Domestic Credit: USD: North and South America

 

Domestic Credit Growth

Predominantly Monthly, a few Quarterly

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Domestic Credit: Y-o-Y Growth: Asia
Table: Domestic Credit: Y-o-Y Growth: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Domestic Credit: Y-o-Y Growth: Middle East and Africa
Table: Domestic Credit: Y-o-Y Growth: North and South America

Non-Performing Loans Ratio

Mixed

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Non Performing Loans Ratio: Asia
Table: Non Performing Loans Ratio: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Non Performing Loans Ratio: Middle East and Africa
Table: Non Performing Loans Ratio: North and South America

 

Household Debt: USD mn

Mixed

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Household Debt: USD: Asia
Table: Household Debt: USD: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Household Debt: USD: Middle East and Africa
Table: Household Debt: USD: North and South America

 

Household Debt: % of Nominal GDP

Predominantly Annual, a few Quarterly

Quarterly, Annual

Table: Household Debt: % of Nominal GDP: Asia
Table: Household Debt: % of Nominal GDP: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Household Debt: % of Nominal GDP: Middle East and Africa
Table: Household Debt: % of Nominal GDP: North and South America

Demographic and Labour Market

Unemployment Rate

Mixed

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Unemployment Rate: Asia
Table: Unemployment Rate: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Unemployment Rate: Middle East and Africa
Table: Unemployment Rate: North and South America

Monthly Earnings: USD

Mixed

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Monthly Earnings: USD: Asia
Table: Monthly Earnings: USD: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Monthly Earnings: USD: Middle East and Africa
Table: Monthly Earnings: USD: North and South America

Labour Force Participation Rate

Mixed

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Labour Force Participation Rate: Asia
Table: Labour Force Participation Rate: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Labour Force Participation Rate: Middle East and Africa
Table: Labour Force Participation Rate: North and South America

Labour Productivity Growth

Mixed

Quarterly, Annual

Table: Labour Productivity: Y-o-Y Growth: Asia
Table: Labour Productivity: Y-o-Y Growth: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Labour Productivity: Y-o-Y Growth: Middle East and Africa
Table: Labour Productivity: Y-o-Y Growth: North and South America

Domestic Trade and Household Survey

Retail Sales Growth

Predominantly Monthly, a few Quarterly and Annual

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Retail Sales: Y-o-Y Growth: Asia
Table: Retail Sales: Y-o-Y Growth: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Retail Sales: Y-o-Y Growth: Middle East and Africa
Table: Retail Sales: Y-o-Y Growth: North and South America

Consumer Confidence: Net Balance

Mixed

Monthly, Quarterly

Table: Consumer Confidence: Net Balance: Asia
Table: Consumer Confidence: Net Balance: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Consumer Confidence: Net Balance: Middle East and Africa
Table: Consumer Confidence: Net Balance: North and South America

Consumer Confidence: YoY Change

Mixed

Monthly, Quarterly

Table: Consumer Confidence: Y-o-Y Change: Asia
Table: Consumer Confidence: Y-o-Y Change: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Consumer Confidence: Y-o-Y Change: Middle East and Africa
Table: Consumer Confidence: Y-o-Y Change: North and South America

 

Inflation

Consumer Price Index Growth

Predominantly Monthly, a few Quarterly

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Consumer Price Index: Y-o-Y Growth: Asia
Table: Consumer Price Index: Y-o-Y Growth: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Consumer Price Index: Y-o-Y Growth: Middle East and Africa

Table: Consumer Price Index: Y-o-Y Growth: North and South America
 

 

Producer Price Index Growth

Mixed

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Producer Price Index: Y-o-Y Growth: Asia
Table: Producer Price Index: Y-o-Y Growth: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Producer Price Index: Y-o-Y Growth: Middle East and Africa
Table: Producer Price Index: Y-o-Y Growth: North and South America

 

Interest and Foreign Exchange Rates

Exchange Rate against US$

All monthly

Monthly, Annual

Table: Exchange Rate against USD: Asia
Table: Exchange Rate against USD: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Exchange Rate against USD: Middle East and Africa
Table: Exchange Rate against USD: North and South America

Liquid Assets Ratio

Mixed

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Liquid Assets Ratio: Asia
Table: Liquid Assets Ratio: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Liquid Assets Ratio: Middle East and Africa
Table: Liquid Assets Ratio: North and South America

Banking Statistics

Capital Adequacy Ratio

Mixed

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Capital Adequacy Ratio: Asia
Table: Capital Adequacy Ratio: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Capital Adequacy Ratio: Middle East and Africa
Table: Capital Adequacy Ratio: North and South America

Energy

Electricity Generation

Mixed

Monthly, Quarterly, Annual

Table: Electricity Generation: Asia
Table: Electricity Generation: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Electricity Generation: Middle East and Africa
Table: Electricity Generation: North and South America

Business and Economic Survey

Business Confidence: Net Balance

Mixed

Monthly, Quarterly

Table: Business Confidence: Net Balance: Asia
Table: Business Confidence: Net Balance: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Business Confidence: Net Balance: Middle East and Africa
Table: Business Confidence: Net Balance: North and South America

Business Confidence: YoY Change

Mixed

Monthly, Quarterly

Table: Business Confidence: Y-o-Y Change: Asia
Table: Business Confidence: Y-o-Y Change: Europe and Central Asia
Table: Business Confidence: Y-o-Y Change: Middle East and Africa
Table: Business Confidence: Y-o-Y Change: North and South America

IHS Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index Headline Data (PMI Headline)

Launch of the IHS Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index Headline Data (PMI Headline) under the Economic Monitor topic. This new dataset contain all Markit PMI headline data collected from various Markit PMI surveys. CEIC, as one of the authorised distributors, now provide monthly PMI headline data for 42 countries and 6 key regions. All World Trend Plus users will be able to access the latest PMI timepoint release and up to three years’ worth of historical time. Explore data: WorldTrend Database > Economic Monitor > Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index: Headline

 

Table: Manufacturing PMI Headline: Region
Table: Manufacturing PMI Headline: Country
Table: Services PMI Headline: Region
Table: Services PMI Headline: Country
Table: Composite PMI Headline: Region
Table: Composite PMI Headline: Country
Table: Construction PMI Headline: Region
Table: Construction PMI Headline: Country
Table: Retail PMI Headline: Region
Table: Retail PMI Headline: Country
Table: Whole Economy PMI Headline: Country

New countries added to Global Economic Monitor: State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) and Uzbekistan

The GEM Task Force, part of the CEIC Database team, is pleased to announce the addition of two new countries – State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) and Uzbekistan – to the Global Economic Monitor (GEM) indicators in World Trend Plus, under the Economic Monitor topic.

The data for the newly-created series are sourced from the countries’ official prime sources (local statistical offices and central banks), the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. The expansion includes economic indicators, closely monitored by our clients, for these two countries. Some of these series are compiled in various frequencies to facilitate cross-country comparison.

 

These two countries are low income, frontier economies, albeit with some variations in economic performance. This can be observed by the trends in some of the main economic indicators, as featured below.

Additional countries indicators are being included under GEMs

In Global Economic Monitor (GEM), we have expanded the regional coverage of most indicators to cover more countries for existing indicators, in total 396 new series have been added. Explore this data here.

CEIC Leading Indicator

Addition of the proprietary CEIC Leading Indicator dataset designed to precede the development of major macroeconomic indicators and predict the turning points of the economic cycle. Explore data here.

Addition of Non-Seasonally Adjusted Series in the Global Economic Monitor

The CEIC Database team is pleased to announce the inclusion of 1500 non-seasonally adjusted series across 34 indicators in the Global Economic Monitor (GEM).  

Non-seasonally adjusted  indicators allows users to obtain a more representative view of the economy, and analyse seasonal fluctuations by comparing seasonally-adjusted and unadjusted data over particular time periods, or simply to evaluate and compare like-for-like indicators in forecasting models through multiple angles.

 

National Accounts

  • Real GDP: Y-o-Y Growth
  • Real GDP 2014 Price: USD
  • Real GDP 2014 Price
  • Nominal GDP: Y-o-Y Growth
  • Nominal GDP: USD
  • Nominal GDP: Gross Fixed Capital Formation: USD
  • Nominal GDP: Private Consumption Expenditure: USD
  • Nominal GDP: Government Consumption Expenditure: USD
  • GDP Deflator: Y-o-Y Growt

Production

  • Industrial Production Index: Y-o-Y Growth

Sales, Orders, Inventory & Shipments

  • New Orders Y-o-Y Growth

Construction and Properties

  • House Prices: Y-o-Y Growth

Demographic and Labour Market

  • Unemployment Rate
  • Monthly Earnings: USD
  • Employed Persons

Domestic Trade and Household Survey

  • Retail Sales: Y-o-Y Growth
  • Consumer Confidence: Net Balance
  • Consumer Confidence: Y-o-Y Change

Inflation

  • Consumer Price Index: Y-o-Y Growth
  • CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage: Y-o-Y Growth
  • Core CPI: Y-o-Y Growth
  • Producer Price Index: Y-o-Y Growth

Foreign Trade

  • Total Exports: Y-o-Y Growth
  • Total Exports: USD
  • Total Imports: Y-o-Y Growth
  • Total Imports: USD
  • Trade Balance: USD

Balance of Payments

  • Current Account Balance: % of Nominal GDP
  • Current Account Balance: USD

Monetary

  • M2 Y-o-Y Growth
  • Money Supply M2: USD
  • Money Supply M1: USD

Business and Economic Survey

  • Business Confidence: Net Balance
  • Business Confidence: Y-o-Y Change

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ASEAN Economic Monitor

 

Access our new ASEAN Economic Monitor additions. Click below for further details.

Over 1,000 new series added 

Over 1,000 new series were added to complete the regional coverage for all ASEAN ten countries. These series have been added in multiple sectors including: Balance of Payment, Banking Sector and Manufacturing sector.

 

ASEAN-6 (Vietnam) aggregates now available in WorldTrend Plus

The CEIC Database team is pleased to announce the expanded coverage of ASEAN Economic Monitor to include aggregated indicators for the ASEAN-6 (Vietnam) in CEIC WorldTrend Plus. Read more here.


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Commodity Market

 

Access our new Commodity Market additions. Click below for further details.

International Baseline Data

The World Trend Plus team is delighted to announce the launch of International Baseline Data in World Trend Plus, under the “Commodity Market: Commodity Supply and Demand” section. The dataset is sourced from the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, which aims to forecast trends and emerging issues in agriculture, food, the environment, and rural America. Explore data here.

Platinum Statistics from the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC)

Access to WPIC Platinum Quarterly report from our CEIC Insight “Analytic” section which provides insights and outlook on the platinum market. Please click here to view the reports.

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International Associations

We have added the content of various International Associations. Click below for further details.

Association: Energy Sector - [Int] Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Additional OPEC Datasets covering Export and Import of Crude Oil and Refined Products split by Regions and Products, as well as Biofuel Production. Explore datasets here.

Association: National Accounts

The CEIC Database team is delighted to announce the extension of Penn World Table (PWT) in World Trend Plus, under the “International Associations: National Accounts” section. The dataset is sourced from the Penn World Table 9.1 released by the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) of the University of Groningen, which is working on comparative analysis of economic performance over time and across countries. Explore data here.

Associations: Retail Payment Services and Instruments

The CEIC Database team is pleased to announce the addition of Retail Payment Services and Instruments (RPSI) statistics sourced from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). The statistics offer more than 2,800 series of “Use of Payment Services and Instruments” in World Trend Plus under the “International Associations: Monetary” topic. Explore data here.

Associations: Demographic and Labour Market

World Trend Plus team is pleased to announce the launch of Penn World Table (PWT) under the “International Associations: Demographic and Labour Market” section. The datasets consists of demographics and labour markets, covering 182 countries between 1950 and 2017. It offers insights into productivity levels, living standards, human capital, and labour welfare at a national level, complete with international comparisons. Explore data here.

Association: Energy Sector

The CEIC Database team is pleased to announce the addition of 230 energy outlook series, sourced from Exxon Mobil Corporation in World Trend Plus under the “International Association: Energy Sector” topic. These datasets show forecasts of energy and electricity demand, and carbon dioxide emissions with quinquennial projections up to 2040. The content covers World , OECD , Non OECD , Africa , Asia Pacific , Europe , EU , Latin America  , Middle East , North America , USA , Russia , China and India regions. Explore data here.

 

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Forecast

 

We have added the content of Forecast. Click below for further details.

FocusEconomics

FocusEconomics Consensus Forecasts are now available for 31 countries in World Trend Plus. FocusEconomics is a leading provider of global economic consensus forecasts and has a wide network of panelists contributing to the survey. Explore here.

FocusEconomics Panelists’s Forecast History

Addition of FocusEconomics Panelists’s Forecast History. This addition is a next step for improving  historical coverage for individual forecasts that serve as building blocks for estimating the final consensus number for a macroeconomic indicator Explore data here.

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Aggregates


We have added the content of Aggregates. Click below for further details.

Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use

Business and Economic Survey

The Conference Board Leading and Coincidence Economic Index on the Global level and the break down to Mature and Emerging Market Economies. Explore data here.

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New Partnerships

 

As of June 2018, users have access to content from our sister company EMIS. Moreover, we offer every month new country insights from our proprietary research arm.

EMIS Insights: Explore comprehensive industry reports, contains in-depth sector analysis, detailed statistics and infographics on countries economies.
CEIC Insights: our proprietary research team releases economic insights on different countries every month.

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CDMNext

 

We are pleased to announce over 20 functionality and design enhancements geared towards improving your user experience and the launch
in December 2019 of CDMNext v4.0 & CDMNext Add-in.

 

Have you adopted CDMNext as the web platform to access our World Trend Plus Database? If not, get in contact with your account manager or helpdesk@ceicdata.com on how to make the change today.

SEARCH ENHANCEMENTS

► Search with Mnemonics ID: CEIC mnemonic codes that are unique to each time series, and standardized across countries.

► Indented tree for better UI grouping on the database layout.

► Comparable – new cross-country control with pre-defined search filter to view indicator for all countries.

► More search filters to narrow desired results.

► Dynamic search pages with insights and data highlights.

► Dataset tabs offering the ability to select results across searches and tabs.

► Option to copy search with all filter parameters to R, API, Python calls.

► X13 ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment for Chinese Holidays Adjustment.

VISUAL IMPROVEMENTS

► Revamp of the series suggestion manager for suggested indicators, forecast series, replacement for inactive series, header and breakdown, and dependencies for base vs. in-house calculated series.

► New Visuals: histogram, pie chart, heat map. A stand-alone visual editor with easy rename & replace for series names and descriptions.

► Replacements Comparison: Visual comparison of series replacements in single series preview.

► Chart button: Additional location to access "Chart" on header.

DOWNLOAD ENHANCEMENTS

► New download attributes for region, subnational and mnemonic codes

► Custom download selection from search and selection

► Create a chart with series directly from download window

► Easily export data to supported format in MATLAB application. 

► Introduction of visual editing from 3 different modes: within Excel add-in, CDMNext or protected per CDMNext link.

► Easily export data series to support the format in the add-in, API, R. 

► Advanced copy to clipboard functionalities to copy chart/map/table to MS Excel/Word/PPT.

► Download option for individual footnote articles.

MULTI-LANGUAGE INTERFACE

► CDMNext & CDMNext Excel Add-in available in 6 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Indonesian Bahasa. 

HELP & SUPPORT

► Enhanced customer support in email us, live chat, guest sign-out functions.

► New Math Functions (cross section function, unit multiplier, more currency conversions).

► Rename & Replace feature: the Rename Module helps users to quickly search selected series to rename or replace the series information, such as series name and function description, etc.

 

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