Sources for Country Economic Reports & GDP Data

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alt DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION
Central bank Bank for International Settlements
International Reserves IMF and World Bank
Gross Domestic Product - GDP World Bank - World Development Indicators October 2009 and IMF
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) World Bank - World Development Indicators October 2009 and IMF
Real GDP growth IMF - World Economic Outlook April 2010
GDP per capita - current prices IMF - World Economic Outlook April 2010
GDP per capita - PPP IMF - World Economic Outlook April 2010
GDP (PPP) - share of world total IMF - World Economic Outlook April 2010
GDP - composition by sector
CIA - World Fact Book
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)

OECD

Unesco

Inflation IMF - World Economic Outlook April 2010
Unemployment rate IMF - World Economic Outlook April 2010
CIA - World Fact Book
Household saving rates OECD
Public debt (% of GDP) OECD
Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's

Moody's

Market value of publicly traded shares CIA - World Fact Book
Largest companies in the United States Forbes Global 2000
alt DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS
Current account balance IMF - World Economic Outlook April 2010
Current account balance by percentage of GDP

IMF - World Economic Outlook April 2010

Shares in world total merchandising export WTO - Trade Profiles
Shares in world total commercial services export WTO - Trade Profiles
Total exports CIA - World Fact Book
Export commodities CIA - World Fact Book
Total imports CIA - World Fact Book
Import commodities CIA - World Fact Book
Exports - major partners CIA - World Fact Book
Imports - major partners CIA - World Fact Book
Inward FDI flows by host economy UN - UNCTAD
Outward FDI flows by host economy UN - UNCTAD
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser UN - UNCTAD
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2007

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

UN - UNCTAD

Best countries for doing business

(ranking by country on a basis of 181, the first is the best)

World Bank - Doing Business
Global competitiveness ranking
(ranking by country on a basis of 133, the first is the best)
World Economic Forum
Economic freedom index The Heritage Foundation
alt COUNTRY AND POPULATION OVERVIEW
Time zone BIPM - International Bureau of Weights and Measures
Total area UN - Demographic Yearbook
Capital

UN - Demographic Yearbook

CIA - World Fact Book

Currency

UN - World Statistics Pocketbook

CIA - World Fact Book

Government type CIA - World Fact Book
Languages CIA - World Fact Book
Religions CIA - World Fact Book
Total population IMF - World Economic Outlook
Urban population as % of total population UN - World Health Organization
Population median age UN - World Health Organization
Population growth rate UN - World Health Organization
Life expectancy Unicef - The State of the World's Children 09
Adult literacy Unicef - The State of the World's Children 09
% of population living on less than $2 a day World Bank - World Development Indicators
Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index) World Bank - World Development Indicators
Freedom House rating Freedom House
Total telephone subscribers as % of population UN - International Telecommunication Union
Internet users as % of total population UN - International Telecommunication Union
Cost of living - Mercer index

(ranking by city on a basis of 143; the 1st is the most expensive and the 143rd is the least expensive; New York is the base city)

Mercer index
CO2 emissions United Nations Millennium Development Goals