GDP and external debt sources

Several students have asked at the reference desk about GDP and external debt sources by quarter. With Harry's help, listed below are possible sources that I have found. If you know of any more, please comment. I have included some that include annual statistics too.

There is a new joint external debt database, a project of the Bank of International Settlement, the IMF, the OECD and the World Bank.

The OECD provides GDP figures by quarter. See SourceOECDStatistics in our databases. (Of course, not all countries are members of the OECD.)

Yearly External Debt by Country in World Development Indicators from the World Bank. See WDI (World Development Indicators in our databases.)

The International Monetary Fund (Build a table using data and statistics)
www.imf.org (There is a possibility of a five day trial to their data, and it appears individuals can give it a try.)

In print, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Financial Statistics Yearbook in Reference at REF HG 61.157 2005 has the GDP. Also, in print, in periodicals, the monthly International Financial Statistics from the IMF has quarterly figures for the most recent five years. You will need to look in past volumes to obtain the quarterly figures for all the years.

Another possible source may be a particular country's Central Bank Statistics, frequently available from web sites, or in the database ISI Emerging Markets (in our database list) under Sources, and then look for Central Bank, after a particular country is selected.