Global Insight (UMich Only)

URL: http://searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V?func=native-link&resource=UMI01260

Business database with news and time series data on general economics as well as the automotive, energy medical and pharmaceutical, and telecommunications sectors
For ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DATA, choose DataInsight-Web on the lefthand side of the screen
- Under historical data, choose Global Economy, Financial Markets, US Economy or US Regional Economy
- Select in a separate box the indicator , the geography, and source; then choose frequency (e.g. monthly quarterly); then press GO
- Highlight the table of interest and note any INFORMATION in the lower lefthand box (sometimes the spreadsheet doesn't identify a country or other information
- Export the selected data
- Subjects include IMF, Direction of Trade, Balance of Payments and OECD main economic indicators
- US economic indicators include Daily Treasury Statements, housing, prices, retail trade, industrial output, labor markets, national accounts as well as state breakdowns for many of the indicators
- Some time series date back 40 years
- Sample search
For Automotive, Energy, Healthcare and Telecoms, use the link provided under MYINSIGHT SERVICES on the lefthand side of the main screen to select options which will eventually appear on the lower part of the lefthand side
- AUTOMOTIVE - production and sales by country and by automotive company
- ENERGY - primarily country reports on oil, gas, electricity, government policies, and political risks
- HEALTH CARE - country data on causes of death, health care expenditures per capita, the pharmaceutical market; US FDA approved drug list
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS - country data on land line and mobile phone as well as internet users; market penetration by company