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1. Standard Economic Key Indicators
Standard Economic Key Indicators provide a standardized list of approximately 70 key indicators with consistent mnemonics for G7 countries.
The full list of series can be seen in the table below. Please be aware that not all of the countries report all of the indicators included in the list.
Over time these economic time series will be expanded to cover some 65 countries, with a view to assisting our customers with cross country
comparisons.
Indicator
Stem
9th Character
Stem
9th Character
A,B
Leading Indicator
CYLEAD
Index
G,H
Government
External Debt
EXDEBT
A,B
Balance of
Payments
Current Account
Balance
CURBAL
A,B
A,B
Exports of Goods EXPBOP
A,B
C,D
Imports of Goods IMPBOP
Balance on Goods
(alias visible)
A,B
C,D
(GNPR..)*
(GDPR..)*
A,B
C,D
GDPIPD
Personal Sector
VISBOP
Capital & Financial
Account Balance CAFBAL
Official
International
RESERV
Reserves
Consumer Credit CRDCON
A,B
A,B
Consumer
CNFCON
Confidence
Car
Registrations/Sales
CAR...**
Indicator
O,P
A,B
Total Retail
Sales
A,B
A,B
Personal
Savings Indicator PERSAV
A,B,E,F
A,B
Personal
Disposable Income PERDIS
A,B
Customs Basis (or
Merchandise)
Foreign Trade
(CNPERR)*
Government
Consumption
(Current Prices)
Indicator
GOVBAL
GNP...
Consumer
Spending (Current
CNPER.
Prices)
Consumer
Spending
(Constant Prices) CNPER.
9th Character
E,F
Gross National
Product (Constant
GNP...
Prices)
Gross Domestic
Product (Current
GDP...
Prices)
Gross Domestic
Product (Constant
GDP...
Prices)
Stem
Government
Surplus/Deficit
National Accounts M or Q
Gross National
Product (Current
Prices)
Indicator
GDP Price
Deflator
RETTOT
G,H,Q,R
Employment &
Wages
CNGOV.
A,B
Total Exports
EXPGDS
A,B
Population
POPTOT
O,P
Government
Consumption
(Constant Prices) CNGOV.
C,D
Total Imports
IMPGDS
A,B
Total Employment EMPTOT
O,P
A,B
From labour
force survey
Foreign Trade
Balance
(CNGOVR)*
Fixed Investment
(Current Prices)
VISGDS
GFCF..
A,B
Fixed Investment
(Constant Prices) GFCF..
C,D
Monetary Series
FX Rate vs Dollar
(or appropriate
XRUSD.
benchmark)
Change in Stocks
INVCH.
(Current Prices)
A,B
Trade Weighted
Exchange Rate nominal
Trade Weighted
Exchange Rate real
Change in Stocks
(Constant Prices) INVCH.
C,D
(GFCFR.)*
(INVCHR)*
Total
Employment
EMPALL
O,P,G,H
From payroll or
sum of industries
XTW..N
E,F
Unemployment
Level
UNPTOT
O,P
XTW..R
E,F
Unemployment
Rate
UN%TOT
R,Q
Money Supply M0 M0....
A,B
Job Vacancies
VACTOT
O,P
M1....
A,B
Wages
WAGES.
A,B,E,F
Money Supply M1
Exports of Goods
& Services
EXNGS.
(Current Prices)
A,B
Money Supply M2 M2....
A,B
Wages in
Manufacturing
WAGMAN
A,B,E,F
Exports of Goods
& Services
(Constant Prices) EXNGS.
C,D
Money Supply M3 M3....
A,B
Productivity
PRODVT
R,Q
LCOST.
A,B,E,F
CAPUTL
R,Q
Money Supply M4
M4....
A,B
Unit Labour
Costs
A,B
Money Supply –
narrow
MONEYN**
A,B
Capacity
Utilisation
C,D
Money Supply –
broad
MONEYB**
A,B
Private Sector
None
Bank Lending to
BANKLP
Private Sector
A,B
None
Business
Confidence
G,H,Q,R
None
Total Industrial
Production Index IPTOT.
G,H
None
Total IP Index Manufacturing
IPMAN.
G,H
E,F
Housing
Indicator
HOUSE.**
A,B,O,P
(EXNGSR)*
Imports of Goods
& Services
IMNGS.
(Current Prices)
Imports of Goods
& Services
(Constant Prices) IMNGS.
(IMNGSR)*
Policy Interest Rate PRATE.
Short Term Market
MSHORT**
Interest Rate
Prices
Consumer Price
Index
CONPRC
Total Export Price
EXPPRC
Index
E,F
E,F
Bank Lending
BANKR.
Rate
Long Term
Government Bond
GBOND.
Yield
CNFBUS
Total Import Price
IMPPRC
Index
E,F
TOTPRC
E,F
Company Profits PROFTS
A,B,C,D
E,F
New Orders to
Industry
NEWORD
A,B,E,F
Bankruptcies number of
BNKRPT
O,P
Bankruptcies monetary value
of
BNKRPT
A,B
Terms of Trade
Producer Price
Index
PROPRC
Stock Price Index SHRPRC
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* The mnemonics in brackets are used when only annual data series are available.
** These are synonyms for existing mnemonics and therefore will not be displayed on Datastream applications. However, data is retrievable using either existing
mnemonics or the new standard mnemonics shown above.
Mnemonics are created by taking DS Country Code + Mnemonic Stem + Adjustment Indicator (9th char). For example, to retrieve United
Kingdom Gross Domestic Product at constant prices seasonally adjusted, enter UKGDP...D.
2. 9th Economic Character
Data stated in:
Letter
Descriptor
Current prices, not seasonally adjusted
A
CURN
Current prices, seasonally adjusted
B
CURA
Constant prices, not seasonally adjusted
C
CONN
Constant prices, seasonally adjusted
D
CONA
E
SADJ
F
NADJ
(Also used for U.S. and Canadian national accounts series
which are in chained dollars—very similar to constant)
Price index, seasonally adjusted
Price index, not seasonally adjusted
For example: Consumer or retail price index, wholesale or producer price index, deflator, index of earnings, orders, etc. and
index where underlying data are monetary values.
Volume index, seasonally adjusted
G
VOLA
Volume index, not seasonally adjusted
H
VOLN
For example: Industrial production index, confidence index, index of hours (an index where underlying data are in physical
volumes).
Adjusted for working days
I
ADJW
Volume adjusted for working days
J
VAJW
Adjusted for calendar days
M
ADJC
Volume adjusted for calendar days
N
VAJC
Primarily used for OECD data series
Volumes (i.e., physical units), seasonally adjusted
O
VOLA
Volumes (i.e., physical units), not seasonally adjusted
P
VOLN
Other seasonally adjusted series (except B, D, G or Os)
Q
SADJ
Other not seasonally adjusted series (except A, C, H, or Ps)
R
NADJ
For example: Employment and population (# of people), production/consumption (tonnes, barrels, etc.)
Especially survey data and series in percents other than interest or money market rates
Trends
T
Interest Rates
Blank
Annual Series
Blank
3. Exchange Rate Source Codes
CODE
BBI
SOURCE
CODE
SOURCE
Barclays Bank International
NBM
Bank Negara Malaysia
BBK
Budapest Bankl
NWB
National Westminster Bank
BDF
Banque de France
RBA
Reserve Bank of Australia
BHF
BHF Bank (Berliner Handels und Fran
WMR
WM/Reuters
BOE
Bank of England
NBH
National Bank of Hungary
CODE
OTHER INDICATORS
BTM
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
CCF
Credit Commercial de France
EO
Offered Rate
ECB
European Central Bank
EXP
Exported Rate
ECON
Economist
FLT
Floating Rate
FED
Federal Reserve
FR
Free Rate
GTIS
Global Treasury Information Service
FWD
Forward Rate
Imported Rate
JPM
JP Morgan
IMP
MBM
Maybank Malaysia
MKT
Market Rate
HSBC
HSBC International
OF
Official Rate
MICEX
Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange
TR
Tourist Rate