Finaeon (Global Financial Data)
Finaeon offers access to a wealth of historical financial data, including the GFDatabase, GFD Indices, and the Real Estate Database, all designed to support exploration and research. The Global Financial Database provides long-range financial data series on stocks, bonds, bills and other observations, covering approximately 200 countries from the medieval period to present. Series include:
- Asset Allocation from the 1800s to present
- Commodity data from 1252 to present
- Economic data (general) from the early 1200s to present
- Equities from 1694 to present; Exchange rates from the 1200s to present
- Fixed income from the late 13th century to present
- Inflation from 1209 to present and
- National accounts and GDP from 1790 to present
- Historical data on bonds, commodities, interest rates, stock markets and indices, futures, exchange rates, GDP, prices, and unemployment
- Economic data: 1624+
- Stock Market data: 1693+
- Real Estate Data 1830+
Finaeon (Global Financial Data) coverage is for approximately 200 countries from the early modern period to present - varying by series and country.
Finaeon Inc. provides the following online training resources:
EUI members can access the data as follows:
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First time EUI users of Finaeon
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Returning EUI users of Finaeon |
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- Create an account with an eui.eu mail address at the 'Register' link on the Finaeon platform
- Log on to Finaeon using the instructions at right.
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- Enter the user name (EUI mail address) and password on the Finaeon login page
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Example of series
| Symbol |
IGITA10D |
| Description |
Italy 10-year Government Bond Yield |
| Begin |
11-30-1807 |
| End |
2022 |
| Periodicity |
Monthly from Nov. 1807 to Nov. 1983; Weekly from Dec. 1983 to Dec. 1988; Daily From Jan. 1989 to Dec. 2022 |
| Country |
ITALY |
| Currency |
ITL |
| Series Type |
Government Bond Yields |
| GFD Sector |
Fixed Income |
Data collated by Finaeon (Global Financial Data) is compiled from multiple archival sources including financial reports, news periodicals, sectoral journals and other publications. "Finaeon GFD has produced continuous chain-linked data sets by appending the current data series with the historical data which have been verified, cross-referenced and transcribed prior to their inclusion."
External visitors to the EUI Library do not have access to this resource.
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