Advanced Country Analysis and Forecast

Advanced Country Analysis and Forecast lies at the core of our International Country Analysis services. You receive the latest intelligence on over 200 countries through each of our four web-based products. Together, these products serve as the world's only daily updated country report and risk system. Moreover, they are fully integrated: a same-day analysis report on recurring ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka, for example, is immediately reflected in that country's report, risk ratings and economic forecast. We deliver these products to you through our client website, MyInsight, which allows you to customize your preferences and download pertinent information into PDF, Word, or Excel formats.

Subscribers to Advanced Country Analysis and Forecast receive:

• Same-Day Analysis 
• Country reports 
• Country and sovereign risk ratings 
• Economic data and forecasts 
• Special reports

 
Benefits:

Advanced Country Analysis and Forecast enables you to:

• Monitor and understand global developments as economic and political conditions change 
• Assess growth and development potential for individual economies and regional markets 
• Analyze relative risks among countries around the world

Same-Day Analysis

Features:

• Our customizable business intelligence tool for receiving expert analysis on significant developments in over 200 countries 
• Daily email alerts containing the significance, implications and outlook of major events impacting a country's risk environment or economic prospects 
• Topics ranging from major events—such as elections or ethnic conflict—to regulatory changes, economic data releases and policy debates 
• An executive summary and forward-looking conclusion for longer articles 
• Articles with author's name and contact information 
• Filtering and customization tools for receiving or extracting only the articles that interest you 
• Ability to save geographic and issue preferences and use them to trigger future email alerts 
• Full integration with our country reports, country and sovereign risk ratings, and economic data and forecasts through our client website, MyInsight. 
• Alternate option to be purchased as a standalone service

Special reports

Features:

• Regular supplementary special reports that include greater detail about key changes affecting risk and outlooks combined with illuminating case studies
  

Country Reports

Features:

• Daily updated, in-depth reports with uniform analysis across more than 200 countries for the following six risk-factor categories:
  • Economic: 
    • Degree of market orientation 
    • Policy consistency and forward planning 
    • Diversity and resiliency of the economy 
    • Macroeconomic fundamentals, including: 
      • Economic policy: monetary, fiscal and exchange rate developments 
      • Public finance 
      • Economic growth 
      • Interest rates and currency 
      • Trade and current accounts 
      • Capital flows and foreign debt 
      • Wages and prices
  • Political: 
    • Institutional permanence 
    • Representation of the population and organized interests 
    • Prospects of the government and its opposition 
    • Internal political consensus
    • External political consensus
  • Legal: 
    • Legislation and business laws 
    • Transparency of legal procedures 
    • Independence and impartiality 
    • Experience and quality of legal system
  • Taxation: 
    • Coherence of taxation system 
    • Fairness of taxation burden 
    • Relative level of taxation, incentives and disincentives 
    • Effectiveness of tax collection
  • Operational:
    • Attitude toward foreign investment 
    • Infrastructural quality 
    • Labor conditions 
    • Bureaucracy and corruption 
    • Travel advice
  • Security:
    • Civil unrest and ethnic conflict 
    • Crime rate: petty and organized 
    • Terrorism risk 
    • External security threats 
    • Cross-border warfare
• Commentary including data tables, key facts and a list of relevant articles 
• Instant updates as situation warrants 
• Fully integrated with Same-Day Analysis, country and sovereign risk ratings, and economic data and forecasts

Country Risk Ratings

Features:

• Country risk ratings for over 200 countries
• Comparison of business-focused risk between countries and over time 
• Six different weighted risk factors that mirror our country report categories: 
  • Political (25%) 
  • Economic (25%) 
  • Legal (15%) 
  • Tax (15%)
  • Operational (10%) 
  • Security (10%) 
• Explanatory text for all changes via Same-Day Analysis or our Quarterly Global Risk Review 
• Our web-based service that enables clients to filter, compare, and customize ratings over time 
• Instant updates as situation warrants

Sovereign Risk Ratings

Features:

• Sovereign risk ratings for over 200 countries 
• Assessments of countries' creditworthiness and financial stability using a transparent methodology 
• "Consensus" short and medium-term ratings derived from the rating of IHS and those of the three major rating institutions 
• Full integration with Same-Day Analysis, which provides comprehensive articles on changes in countries' solvency, liquidity, and creditor relations, as well as changes in IHS or major agency ratings 
• Upgrade option to our full Sovereign Risk Service
• Instant updates as situation warrants

Economic Data and Forecasts

Features: 

• Key monthly, quarterly, and annual economic indicators for over 200 countries 
• More than 150 economic indicators 
• Extended forecasts to 2030 
• Historical data back to 1970 
• All aspects of economic developments, sectors, and trade profiles 
• Highly flexible download, comparison, and graphing capabilities through our industry leading DataInsight-Web tool