Datastream (Thomson Reuters)
Datastream is a large-scale financial and macroeconomic database, providing statistics on equities, company fundamentals, fixed income securities and economic indicators for 180 countries and 60 markets.
To access Datastream on an EUI campus desktop, go to 'Start' > 'Programs' > 'Datastream' > 'Advance'. Note also that it is possible to access data directly from Excel on EUI desktop computers (see full instructions below).
Datastream integrates worldwide economic information in a single interface, offering charting and analysis functionalities. Data and charts may be dynamically generated, tailored and exported.
Datastream 5.0 is installed at the EUI. Two online manuals are available:
- Datastream Getting Started manual
- Datastream for Excel manual
Paper copies of these manuals are available at the VSP Reference Library (005.369) and at the Badia Library (005.369).
There is no laptop access, and no off-campus access.
Macroeconomic time-series coverage in the 'Economics' section of Datastream ranges from the 1960s to present, pending series availability.
Equities coverage is normally from date of IPO to present.
Datastream is updated daily by Thomson Reuters.
The Datastream Knowledge Network allows users to sign up for webinar training.
The Datastream Extranet support site is accessible from the Datastream desktop, or (with password from econlibrary@eui.eu ) directly from the internet . The Extranet provides ready-made Excel 'matrix' example files; all manuals; news of changes to existing series, and descriptions of new data releases.
A general Datastream product description is available on this Thomson Reuters page .
Datastream is run on EUI desktops as follows:
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Click 'Start' on an EUI desktop computer (locations listed below)
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Click 'Programs'
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Select 'Datastream'
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Select 'Advance 5.0'
Datastream is installed on:
- All desktops at the Villa San Paolo (Economics Department) .
- 8 desktops on the garden floor of the Badia Library
- 2 desktops in the LIB 338-650 room on the entry-level floor of the Badia Library
- 2 desktops in the EDC/Law area on the upper floor of the Badia Library
- All desktops in the Badia Bank Corridor ResLabs
EUI members who require installation on older office desktops should write to econlibrary@eui.eu giving their room number.
There is no laptop access, and no off-campus access.
Access to Datastream is one-user-per-time. Users in queue can browse data descriptions and use the Extranet (password available from econlibrary@eui.eu ).
Idle sessions are timed out automatically after 15 minutes (this does not apply to running queries, or large file downloads).
Datastream provides an important complement to the Amadeus database of European company information from Bureau van Dijk – also available at the EUI.
Excel-direct 'short-cut' access to Datastream
Data may also be downloaded by starting from Excel. This is especially useful for updating time series and using the 'Projects' suite.
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Open Excel on an EUI desktop computer
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Click on 'Datastream' in the Excel top-bar
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Extend the full dropdown menu
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Select an option (eg. 'Time Series Request' or 'Static Request')
Contact: Thomas Bourke at econlibrary@eui.eu