LibGuides: FIN 485 International Finance: Country Studies

Databases

ABI/INFORM Collection
Type in the name of country in the first search box and choose Subject Heading in the right hand search box that displays the word Anywhere.
AtoZ the World
Useful information includes country profiles, money and banking, society and culture, business culture, and business news.
Business Source Complete
Country Profiles, written by the Economist Intelligence Unit, provide information on issues within a country including political, economic, social, and geographical. (Full text available. Use the name of the country and "country profile" as search terms.)
Mergent Online
Financial information on thousands of public and private U.S. companies, plus industry analysis, company analytics, 10-Ks, top officers, and stock prices.

CIA: The World Factbook
Political, geographic, economic, and sociological summaries organized by country.
Economist
Recent news articles, country profiles, forecasts, fact sheets, and economic data.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Lists entries on all world countries detailing their geography, people, economy, government, society, cultural life, and history. Provides a list of best web sites on the country.
U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets (Background Notes)
U. S. political and economic relations with numerous nations. Includes links to key Department of State publications and additional sources for each country.
U.S. Energy Information Administration--Country Analysis Briefs
Reports on individual countries and special topics.
UNESCAP Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2017: SDG Baseline Report
The report highlights critical gaps and challenges of the region in achieving the SDGs and inform inter-governmental and inter-agency regional decision making in support of implementing the 2030 development agenda in the region.
World Bank
Click on countries and retrieve background information and up to date reports on all countries.
Global Gateway: World Culture and Resources
Links to the international sites at the Library of Congress.
Reuters News Agency
UK based news agency known as being one of the most trusted news services in the world. In additional to country information click on the Business, Markets, or Money tabs for news in these areas.

Coface Economic Studies
162 country assessments, drawn up on the basis of macroeconomic, financial and political data, are made freely available. Regularly updated, they provide an estimate of the average credit risk on a country’s businesses. This is an invaluable tool, giving an indication of a country’s potential influence on businesses’ financial commitments.

Business Source Complete
Search Political Risk Yearbook as the publication name in the first line and the name of your country in the second search box.

World Economic Situation and Prospects
This is the United Nations definitive report on the state of the world economy, providing global and regional economic outlook for 2020 and 2021. Produced by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the five United Nations regional commissions, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, with contributions from the UN World Tourism Organization and other intergovernmental agencies.
World Economic and Social Survey 2018
The World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) provides objective analysis of pressing long-term social and economic development issues, and discusses the positive and negative impact of corresponding policies. Access electronically from the website.