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EIU View­point

EIU View­point provides ana­lyses of eco­nom­ic con­di­tions, se­lec­ted in­dus­tries, de­vel­op­ments in com­mod­ity mar­kets and glob­al mac­roe­co­nom­ic trends for more than 200 coun­tries. EIU stands for Eco­nom­ist In­tel­li­gence Unit.

Link to EIU Viewpoint See also our LibGuide on country information

Facts

Coverage
Worldwide
Period
1990-
Access
On campus + remote access
Provider
Eco­nom­ist In­tel­li­gence Unit
Subjects
Politics Market Economics Industry Society Sustainability Climate Macroeconomics

In-depth in­sight into coun­tries around the world

EIU Viewpoint offers analyses of economic conditions, selected industries, developments in commodity markets and global macroeconomic trends.

You can browse the content via the menu or use the search field, then filter your results by geography, topic and type, including forecasts.

You will find reports and data on major industries such as:

  • The automotive industry
  • Consumer goods
  • Energy
  • The financial sector
  • Healthcare
  • Telecommunications

When is EIU Viewpoint useful?

You can quickly find an informative graph or table that shows, for example, the development of Asia’s business environment from 1980 to today or a projection of Europe’s demographic trends up to 2050.

Other examples of when EIU Viewpoint is helpful:

  • When you need statistics on countries and markets
  • When you need information about political stability in a given country
  • When comparing countries or regions
  • When you need energy forecasts
  • When you need comprehensive information about a specific country, including how conditions look today and how they looked earlier (back to 2011)

In short: use it when you need reliable macroeconomic data, forecasts and analyses on countries, industries or markets.

Ex­plore EIU View­point

Demo­cracy in­dex
Ana­lys­is of the state of demo­cracy across coun­tries, in­clud­ing com­par­is­ons and com­ment­ary.
Coun­try data from 1980 on­wards
Re­trieve mac­roe­co­nom­ic data from 1980 and on­wards, dis­played in table or chart format. It is also pos­sible to in­stall an Ex­cel add-in.
Cur­rent top­ics
Highly rel­ev­ant themes are high­lighted, so you do not need to search for art­icles your­self but get a cur­ated list of rel­ev­ant texts and ana­lyses.
Com­mod­it­ies
Monthly ana­lys­is of com­mod­ity price de­vel­op­ments.
Busi­ness En­vir­on­ment
Un­der the menu item Meth­od­o­logy you will find a de­tailed de­scrip­tion of the meth­ods be­hind the data col­lec­tion.

Help us­ing EIU View­point

Un­der the menu item Meth­od­o­logy you will find a de­tailed de­scrip­tion of the meth­ods be­hind the data col­lec­tion.

Help & FAQ

EIU’s help pages offer quick guidance on how to navigate the platform and use the Excel add-in to access data.

Link til Help

Videos

EIU has created a video that demonstrates how to use the platform for country analysis.