International Financial
Statistics (IFS) CD-ROM
International Monetary Fund
Frequency:
Up-Dated Monthly
Abstract:
International Financial Statistics (IFS) CD is the CD-ROM version of
the International Monteary Fund's main statistical publication. The
CD-ROM provides users with time series data covering approximately 26,000
economic concepts which show major economic aggregates used in the analysis
of economic development and includes data on the following topics:
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. Balance of payments,
. Banking and Financial
systems, . Employment,
. Exchange rates,
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. Fund position, .
Finance, . Government,
. Interest rates,
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. International liquidity
and Banking, . National
accounts, . Population,
. Prices,
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. Production, and .
Trade.
Quarterly and monthly entries generally begin in 1957, and most annual
entries begin in 1948. Users can simply search more than 26,000 time series
from over 200 countries, quickly select information of interest, and customize
viewing and printing. The easy-to-learn retrieval software supports downloading
and extraction, and provides help screens and instructions in English,
French, and Spanish.
IFS
CD-Rom User Guide
Last
up-dated September 17, 1998. AK