The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), from Transparency International, measures the perceived level of public-sector corruption in 180 countries and territories around the world.
The Doing Business project, from the World Bank, provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 183 economies and selected cities at the sub-national and regional level.
Published by the Fraser Institute, the Economic Freedom of the World index measures the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom.
The Global Adaptation Index (GAIN), a project of the Global Adaption Institute, summarizes a country's Vulnerability to climate change and other global challenges on the one hand and its Readiness to improve resilience on the other hand.
Measures of worth, inflation rates, saving calculator, relative value, worth of a dollar, worth of a pound, purchasing power, gold prices, GDP, history of wages, and average wage.
Provides an inventory of the most important foreign barriers affecting U.S. exports of goods and services, foreign direct investment by U.S. persons, and protection of intellectual property rights.
Provides a comprehensive collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development, for individual countries and for economic and trade groupings.
The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) is the world’s most renowned and comprehensive annual report on the competitiveness of nations, ranking and analyzing how a nation’s environment creates and sustains the competitiveness of enterprises.
The Trade Policy Review Mechanism is designed to contribute to improving adherence by all World Trade Organization members to rules, disciplines, and commitments made under the Multilateral Trade Agreement.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) deals with the global rules of trade between nations. Its main function is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible.
The Trade Profiles, from the World Trade Organization, provide standard information on the structural trade situation and trade policy measures of members, observers and other selected economies.
Home of the Kroner. The operational target of monetary policy 'key rate' is an annual consumer price inflation rate of approximately 2.5 per cent over time.
Conducts monetary policy and ensures that payments in the economy can be made safely and efficiently. Strives to keep the inflation of the Swedish Kroner at low and stable inflation target of 2 per cent.
The Reserve Bank uses monetary policy to maintain price stability of the New Zealand dollar as defined in the Policy Targets Agreement (PTA). The current PTA requires the Bank to keep inflation between 1 and 3 percent on average over the medium term.
Publications of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis, including the "International Investment Position" and "Trade in Goods and Services" downloadable spreadsheets.
Provides current schedule of U.S. tariffs on imported goods brought into the U.S. The 'General' column lists the default tariff rate; the 'Special' column is the tariff rate paid by nations with which the U.S. has negotiated tariff reduction treaties; and the '2' column is for pariah nations, such as North Korea and Cuba.
The annual Economic Report of the President is available online from 1995 to the present. Read current and older editions to discover the President's view of where the U.S. economy stands and where it's headed.
Deloitte's International Tax Source helps potential investors understand the investment climate, operating conditions, and tax system of most major trading jurisdictions.
The nonprofit Tax Foundation puts together this annual ranking of U.S. states, figuring such measures as relative tax rates & structure of major taxes, such as the corporate tax, the individual income tax, or the sales tax.
This work publishes, for most countries of the world, current and historical data for exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government finance, and national accounts. Information is presented in tables for specific countries and in tables for area and world aggregates.