Country Data through the IMF The IMF was established to strengthen financial stability and global monetary cooperation. Its country reviews and semi-annual reports provide economic and financial data that are highly comparable across the world. For country risk purposes, the most important and readily accessible sources include:
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Country Data from the World BankEstablished to help eradicate poverty, the World Bank gathers value data on economic and social conditions in the developing world. The Bank provides valuable information on income inequality, education levels, and gender issues. It has created two unique data resources that are benchmarks for country risk analysis:
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Financial Data through BIS, ECB, FSB and ESRBSeveral major institutions play vital roles in monitoring financial risk, coordinating monetary and financial policies, and funding short-term liquidity problems across the globe. These include:
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