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Global Financial Data
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- Description
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The Global Financial Database is the most complete collection of historical and
current
financial and economic data available in the world. Covering more than 150 different countries, it
provides over 30,000
different data series that are immediately downloadable from the website. Rutgers subscribes to the
GFDatabase, but does
not subscribe or have access to the US Stocks Database or the Real Estate
Database.
Dates covered
- Equity Data back to 1693
- Fixed Income Data back to 1694
- Exchange Rates back to 1590
- Inflation Data back to 1271
- Commodity Data back to 1257
- Total Returns on Stocks, Bonds and Bills back to 1800
- U.S. Stock Data back to 1815
- Real Estate Data back to 1830
- Help
- Guides to searching and downloading data, along with FAQs, are available under the Customer Support
tab.
- Dates covered
- See description.
- Updating frequency
- Daily.
- Sources
- Daily, weekly, monthly, and annual data, with excellent coverage of stock market indices, interest
rates, exchange rates,
inflation, and commodity prices for countries around the world. Historical data taken from a variety
of sources described
in the GFD Encyclopedia, available on the web site. A new feature is the ability to
generate yield curves for bond markets.
- Type of coverage
- All data series are downloadable. Most series can also be viewed in graph format at the web site.
- Print Counterpart or related resources
- There is no print counterpart.
- Producer/content provider
- Global Financial Data, Inc.
- Vendor/electronic presentation provider
- Global Financial Data, Inc.
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