The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has recently migrated their economic and country reports and data to a new platform. All the same excellent content plus Industry Briefings (Automotive, Consumer Goods, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Telecommunications), and more forecasted data.
EIU Viewpoint (formally known as Viewswire) combines expert global political insights, policy analysis and economic assessments with cutting edge forecasts and extensive data.
View this brief training video to learn more about how to navigate the site.
EIU Viewpoint training video
The content includes:
- Forecasts for the global economy
- Outlook
- Political and economic analysis
- Examination of key trends in each economy
- Medium-term and long-term country forecasts
- Key trends shaping ~80 major economies
- Industry analysis and data
- Demand and supply outlook, and industry analysis for for six major industries (Automotive, Consumer Goods, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Telecommunications)
- Commodity forecasts
- Supply, demand and prices of 25 critical goods
- Macro-economic indicators database
- Economic data series up to 320 variables per economy
- Proprietary ratings
- Measures of the attractiveness of the business environment
If you are a frequent user of EIU Viewswire, you will note some changes in what certain content is called:
- Country Report – now Five Year Forecast
- Country Commerce – now Regulatory Environment
- Country Forecast – now Business Environment and Long Term Forecast
