1. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 1 Dr. Ka-fu Wong ECON1003 Analysis of Economic Data

2. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 2 l GOALS 1.Illustrate a collection of useful and interesting data web sites. Data corner

3. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 3 HK Census and Statistics Department Press Releases on Statistical Data (http://www.info.gov.hk/censtatd/eng/press/index2.html) Population Labour National Income and Balance of Payments Statistics External Trade External Direct Investment Statistics of Hong Kong Industrial Production Building, Construction and Real Estate Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and Containers Price Index Commerce A brief commentary of the data is given.

4. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 4 HK Census and Statistics Department Frequently Asked Statistics (http://www.info.gov.hk/censtatd/eng/hkstat/index1.html) Population and Vital Events Labour and Employment Wages and Payroll National Income Balance of Payments Account Consumer Price Indices External Trade Transport Commerce and Industry Building and Construction Money and Finance Other Economic and Business Statistics Short series of data available in Excel format. Refer to various issues of Monthly Digest of Statistics or Annual Digest of Statistics for longer historical data.

5. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 5 HK Monetary Authority Monthly Statistical Bulletin (http://www.info.gov.hk/hkma/eng/statistics/msb/index.htm) Financial statistics summary Money Banking Money markets and debt instruments Exchange Fund Bills and Notes Exchange rates and interest rates Monetary market operation Exchange Fund and foreign currency reserves assets Data available in Excel format.

6. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 6 The Big Brother is watching us! The Central Intelligence Agency of the United States http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Introduction Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues On China: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html

7. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 7 Historical International Stock indices on-line http://www.forecasts.org/data/index.htm  Stock index data  International Stock Indices-Monthly Nikkei 225 Japan DAX Germany Hang Seng Hong Kong FTSE 100 United Kingdom TSE 300 Canada

8. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 8 Datastream A database which provides international financial, economic, stock market and company data. Includes coverage of equities, stock market and bond indices, economic statistics, foreign exchange rates, interest rates, fixed income instruments and derivatives. Data may be downloaded and exported and can be used to create graphics, reports and spread sheets. Available at : HKU main Library, Standalone PCFormat Location: Borrow from Reference Counter, Main Library

9. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 9 International Financial Statistics (published by International Monetary Fund) The International Finance Statistics (IFS) contains approximately 24,000 time series for 196 countries and geographical areas. These time series cover the following sections as detailed in the IMF International Finanance Statistics Yearbook - Exchange Rates Fund Accounts International Liquidity International Banking Money and Banking Interest Rates Prices, Wages, Production and Employment International Transactions Government Finance National Accounts and Population Available at HKU in the Network CD system, via Winframe.

10. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 10 Global development finance (published by the World Bank) Provides complete and up-to-date data and analysis on the external debt and international capital flows of developing countries. Includes: country group aggregate data and World Bank analysis, from v.1 of Global Development Finance, and the country time series data, plus pipeline projections for 136 World Bank borrowers from v.2. Available at : HKU main Library Location: Borrow from Reference Counter, Main Library

11. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 11 The World Development Indicators (published by the World Bank) The World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. WDI 2002 includes approx. 800 indicators in 87 tables, organized in six sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. The tables cover 152 economies and 14 country groups-with basic indicators for a further 55 economies. Available at : HKU main Library Location: Borrow from Reference Counter, Main Library

12. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 12 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development http://www.oecd.org/ http://www.oecdwash.org/DATA/online.htm Available online in pdf format. Gross Domestic Product Composite Leading Indicators Standardized Unemployment Rates Population Purchasing Power Parities Short-Term Economic Statistics Available in CD-ROM in HKU library. OECD Main economic indicators (Historical statistics)

13. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 13 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) CountryQuota (b/d)Percentage Algeria 782,0003.19 Indonesia 1,270,0005.18 Iran 3,597,00014.68 Kuwait 1,966,0008.02 Libya 1,312,0005.36 Nigeria 2,018,0008.24 Qatar 635,0002.59 S. Arabia 7,963,00032.5 UAE 2,138,0008.73 Venezuela 2,819,00011.51 Total 24,500,000100 OPEC production Quota distribution as of 1 February 2003. http://www.opec.org/

14. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 14 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

15. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 15 Exchange rate data PACIFIC Exchange Rate Service http://pacific.commerce.ubc.ca/xr/ Historical daily exchange rates may be retrieved or plotted through an on-line database. Also provided is a list of all the currencies of the world with information on each country's exchange rate regime and ISO-4217 currency code. Note that the default based currency is Canadian dollar.

16. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 16 Mark Six Lottery Results Archive http://www.hongkongjockeyclub.com/english/marksix/index.htm Results  Drawn Result Archive Numbers drawn on specific lottery days Click on the links, you will find past announcement of results. The results include Unit dividends of various prizes of current lottery. Number of units for each prize Total investment Next lottery day Jackpot for next lottery. You can find the history of Mark Six Lottery and how the unit dividends are determined.

17. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 17 Mutual funds Get a list of fund houses: Most search engines (such as YAHOO) includes the following categories: Finance  mutual funds http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Finance_and_Investment/Mutual_Funds/ http://finance.lycos.com/home/funds/overview.asp Or we can simply search for “mutual funds and quotes” or “list of mutual funds” under GOOGLE. Search for, say, “invesco and prices and performance” will get us to http://www.invescofunds.com/Cached/PricesPer/InvShare/DailyPricesInv.asp Most fund house will provide the current and historical prices of their funds, sometimes in downloadable format.

18. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 18 World Trade Organization http://www.wto.org/ http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/statis_e.htm International Trade Statistics Historical series In excel format

19. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 19 The Heritage Foundation The Freedom Index http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/

20. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 20 Bank for International Settlements http://www.bis.org Cross country statistics about banking, exchange rate, etc. International banking statistics Consolidated banking statistics Securities statistics Derivatives statistics Triennial foreign exchange and derivatives survey 2001 Joint BIS-IMF-OECD-World Bank Statistics on External Debt

21. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 21 Bank of Japan http://www.boj.or.jp/en/ Contains data that are extracted from the Financial and Economic Statistics Monthly Money, Banking and Securities Real Economy Prices, Public Finance, Balance of Payments, Customs Clearance, Economic Forecasts and International Statistics In pdf format http://www2.boj.or.jp/en/dlong/dlong.htm Long term time series data Text format

22. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 22 Mutual funds The Investment Company Institute (ICI) http://www.ici.org/site_map.html is the national association of the American investment company industry. Founded in 1940, its membership includes 8,938 mutual funds, 535 closed-end funds, and six sponsors of unit investment trusts. Most local newspapers (such as SCMP and HK Economic Times) publish price quotes of mutual funds.

23. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 23 Concatenating two CPI series of different base year

24. Ka-fu Wong © 2003 Chap 13- 24 - END - Data Corner