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Included are 3,309 cross-comparable concepts for 66 geographies, including 50 individual countries, eight OECD country-aggregates and eight other country-aggregates. Not all concept-geo combinations exist. Units vary. Series are presented in two forms, seasonally adjusted (SA) or not (NSA). The series start as early as 1960. Indicator families include:
- Balance of payments
- Imports, exports and net trade
- Business tendency
- Consumer opinion
- Leading indicators
- Labor force status by sex and age
- Labor compensation
- Hours worked
- Monetary aggregates
- Orders in construction and manufacturing
- Production
- Residential construction starts
The series reside in the historical catalog (Cross-Country Datasets » OECD datasets » Main Economic Indicators (MEI)) and include, for example:
- OCMXTIMVA01NCMLUM.IARG = International trade: Imports - Value of goods - Total, (ARS, NSA) - for Argentina
- OCMULQEUL01GYAQ.IDEU = Unit labour costs: Early estimate of Quarterly ULC indicators - Unit labour costs - Total, (%, SA) - for Germany
- OCMB6DBTD01CXCUAA.IFIN = Balance of payments BPM6: Current account debits - Goods - Total debits, (USD) - for Finland
- OCMLRUN25TTSTUA.IOCTT = Labour force survey: Quarterly rates - Unemployment rate - Aged 25-54 - All persons, (%) - for OECD country-aggregate
Because catalog locations are subject to change, the upper-right search box on DataBuffet.com provides a "find in catalog" mode that accepts a mnemonic.
About the dataset:
Because this is a consolidated dataset with a wide breadth of indicators, you may find it helpful to peruse the official documentation before browsing the Data Buffet catalog.
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