GLOBAL MACRO SERVICE
Data Sets
One-off economic data sets and analysis provided in Excel format.
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Organisations typically access our data via subscriptions to our databanks. However, many global and specialist consultancies and firms may also use our forecast data sets for relevant project work on a one-off basis. Our data sets demonstrate a high level of data granularity and allows the user to drill down the economic data to the needed extent.
Delivered in Excel format, our economic data is compatible with business integration and visualisation tools, including Tableau and Microsoft PowerBI.
What sets our data apart
- Breadth and depth of coverage: 19 databanks with thousands of series and a high level of data granularity, with historical and forecast data for countries, industrial sectors, trade, cities, and tourism.
- World-class economic team: An in-house team of 160 economists, the largest economics team in the private sector, including macro, industrial, financial, labour and urban economists.
- Modelling expertise: Forecasts are produced using our suite of integrated country, industry, and city models, relied on by over 150 leading organisations around the world.
- Quantitative rigour: A long time leader in quantitative analysis, with over 30 years of experience conducting evidence-based research using the world’s only fully integrated global economic model.
- Consistency: Data and forecasts that are fully consistent with our widely respected global economic and industry views. All data are fully integrated and consistent across countries, sectors, and metros.
- Accuracy: Drawing on the most reliable, up-to-date data and leading-edge quantitative framework ensures the accuracy, and timeliness of our analysis.
GLOBAL MACRO DATA
COUNTRY DATA
Data and forecasts for over 200 countries, 28 regions, and 55 commodity indicators. Our macro databank includes a wide range of economic indicators (up to 900 indicators available per country), including labour market, financial indicators, government accounts, demographics, as well as socioeconomic and demographic data.
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Time horizon: 1980 to 2045
Update frequency: monthly
Update frequency: monthly
Key indicators include:
- Consumer Price Index
- Employment
- Foreign exchange
- Consumption (Private and Government)
- Foreign Direct Investment
- Gross Domestic Product
- Export/Imports
- Commodity Prices
- Trade Balance
- Population (five-year age bands)
GLOBAL TRADE
Forecasts of trade flows between 180 country pairs, with additional bilateral flows by product for 33 economies. The outlook takes into account factors such as the growth of demand in the destination market and the exporter’s competitiveness. Exports, imports and trade balances are identified, with historical estimates and forecasts to 2040 for each country relative to all other nations in the databank. For each pair of exporting and importing countries, the service shows forecasts exports, imports, and visible trade balance.
Time Horizon: 1980 to 2040
Update Frequency: Quarterly
Update Frequency: Quarterly
Trade by partner between 180 countries plus regions and aggregations:
- Total exports in US$, % of GDP, % of total exports
- Total imports in US$, % of GDP, and % of total imports
- Visible trade balance in US$ and % of GDP
Exports to other countries for 33 countries of:
- Food and live animals
- Beverages and tobacco
- Chemicals and related products
- Manufactured goods
- Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials
- Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes
- Chemicals and related products
- Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material
- Machinery and transport equipment; miscellaneous
- Manufactured articles
- Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere
GLOBAL INDUSTRY DATA
Data from 1980 to 2040 for 68 countries, the Eurozone, and 15 regions and trading blocs. As we use integrated global models, our industry data and forecasts are fully consistent with our world macroeconomic forecasts, and include forecasts by sector under alternate risk scenarios.
Our data is available for each country and demonstrate a high level of data granularity which allows the user to drill down the data for over 100 sectors and sub-sectors (organised by NACE level 2 codes) including 85 goods-producing industries, ten service sectors and other relevant series, such as car and truck production and registration, stock of cars on the road and investment in equipment other assets.
Time horizon: 1980 to 2040
Update frequency: Quarterly
Sectors covered:
- Aerospace
- Basic metals
- Chemicals
- Construction
- Consumer Goods
- Electronics & computers
- Energy & mining
- Engineering & metal goods
- Extraction
- Motor Vehicles
- Utilities
Key indicators include:
- Production, value-added output (Real, Local Currency, US$, % of World,% of GDP)
- Sales, gross output (Real LCU, Real US$, Normal LCU, Nominal US$)
- Investment (Real LCU, Nominal LCU, Real US$, Nominal US$)
- Employment
- Output prices
- Profits, all of the above by sector
CITIES AND REGIONS DATA
EUROPEAN CITIES
Our city data provides forecasts for 1,700 cities and local economies across Europe. Coverage is of geocode standard NUTS 1, 2 and 3 regions, developed and regulated by the European Union, of the EU27, Norway, Switzerland, Russia and Turkey. Our European databank covers 14 sectors, including agriculture, manufacturing, construction, retail and distribution, financial services, education, and health.
Time horizon: 1980 to 2030
Update frequency: Quarterly
Key indicators include:
- GDP and GVA by sector
- Workplace-based employment by sector
- ILO unemployment rate and level
- Population (total and working age)
- Household disposable income
- Retail sales
EUROPEAN CONSUMER SPENDING (COICOPS)
Detailed consumer spending data and forecasts for over 1,700 cities and regions across Europe, consistent with our city data forecasts for the region, and our global macro-economic projections.
The service provides annual data and forecasts for over 40 ‘COICOP’ spending categories, including:
- Food
- Alcoholic beverages and tobacco
- Clothing and footwear
- Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels
- Health
- Transport
- Communications
- Education
- Restaurants and hotels
- Miscellaneous goods and services
AFRICAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN CITIES
Comparable forecasts for 54 cities in the Middle East, and 80 cities in Africa, providing consistent annual historic data and forecasts for gdp, employment, population, income distribution, consumer spending, and retail sales. City data is produced in both local currency and US dollars terms for comparative analysis of market size and growth.
Time horizon: 1980 to 2030
Update frequency: Quarterly
Key indicators:
- GDP
- Employment by sector for Primary (agriculture, forestry and fishing); Secondary (mining & quarrying, manufacturing, utilities, construction); Transport, storage, information & communications; Financial & business services; Consumer services (wholesale & retail trade, accommodation & food service activities, arts, entertainment & recreational services); Public services (public administration & defence; education, health & social work)
- Population
- Households and household income by category
- Consumer spending for goods and services
- Retail sales
ASIAN CITIES
Comparable forecasts for 35 key cities across Asia, representing the largest cities in the region, chosen because of their size, growth potential and market value, and other capital cities in order to cover the majority of countries.
Time horizon: 1980 to 2030
Update frequency: Quarterly
Series include:
- Gross Domestic Product
- Gross value added for key sectors
- Labour market
- Population
- Government consumption
- Household disposable incomes
- Investment
- Retail sales volume index (location-based)
- Retail sales (location-based)
CHINA CITIES
With the Chinese economy facing new challenges, the need to get below the national level has never been greater. We provide data for the economies of 286 cities and 30 provinces (or their equivalents) across China, based on official data from reputable sources.
Time horizon: 1980 to 2030
Update frequency: Quarterly
Series include:
- Gross Domestic Product
- Gross value added for key sectors
- Labour market
- Population
- Government consumption
- Household disposable incomes
- Investment
- Retail sales volume index (location-based)
- Retail sales (location-based)
LATIN AMERICAN CITIES
Regularly updated annual forecasts for key economic, labor market and industry variables for 32 business centres in Latin America.
Time horizon: 1980 to 2030
Update frequency: Quarterly
Series include:
- GDP
- Value added by industry
- Workplace employment by industry
- Labour force, unemployment; population (total and working age)
- Household incomes and spending, where available
NORTH AMERICAN METROS
Historical data, forecasts, and written analysis of all 50 states and Washington, DC, 89 Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and all 31 Metro Divisions, plus Canada’s provinces and 9 major cities.
Time horizon: 1980 to 2030
Update frequency: Quarterly
Series include:
- Income
- Retail sales
- GDP
- Employment by sector
- Consumer spending
- Household income bands
- Housing starts and permits
UK REGIONS
Unrivalled detail on prospects for the UK’s 12 nations and regions, including London. We update our 10-year forecasts quarterly.
Time horizon: 1980 to 2030
Update frequency: Quarterly
Series include:
- Demographics
- Labour market
- GVA
- Occupations
- Housing
- Unemployment
- Residence employment
- ILO employment
- Income
UK LOCAL AUTHORITY DISTRICTS
Forecasts for the 391 subdivisions that make up each of 12 UK districts.
Time horizon: 1980 to 2030
Update frequency: Quarterly
Series include:
- Population
- Income and spending
- Workplace-based employment by sector
- GVA by sector
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
GLOBAL TOURISM FORECASTS
The most comprehensive data set of its kind, allowing quick analysis of market trends and the outlook for travel and the economy in 190 countries, with forecasts based on the tested Oxford Economics global macroeconomic model.
Time horizon: 1988 to 2026
Update frequency: Quarterly
Series include:
- Economic drivers
- Prices
- Demographics
- Travel spending
- Industry performance
- International visits
AIR TRAVEL FORECASTS
The most comprehensive set of projections on how the airline industry will evolve over the coming decades. Annual forecasts of air passenger flows for almost 4,000 routes and 185 major markets over the next 20 years, representing over 90% of all air travel in that time period. Regional flows are included and important rapidly growing new routes are also covered.
Time horizon: 2006 to 2035
Update frequency: Semi-annual
Forecast series covered:
- Summary passenger flows: total passengers,domestic passengers, international passengers
- Economic drivers: GDP, real US$; GDP per capita, real USD; Population, total; % middle class households; Exchange rate, US$, Exchange rate, weighted average index; International split of passenger flows by short, medium, long, and ultra-long-haul
CITY TRAVEL DATA
Detailed and comparable inbound and outbound travel data for 300 cities around the world, representing more than 80% of global air travel. Developed using a combination of destination measurements, origin-destination air passenger demand, hotel statistics, and economic indicators, to provide the most accurate view of global city tourism available.
Time horizon: 2000 to 2026
Update frequency: Quarterly
Forecast series covered:
- Total overnight visits and nights for each city , with detail on the proportion using paid accommodation
- Measurement of visits and nights to 300 destination cities from each of the top 50 origin countries, from each world region, and domestic markets
- Number of departures from 300 origin cities to each of 50 destination countries and to each world region on a visits and nights basis
- Total inbound/outbound travel spending for each city
- Topline economic and demographic indicators for each city