Using alternative data sources for exchange rates and consumer prices, we calculate up-to-date monthly real effective exchange rates for 177 countries. Our frequently updated dataset contains more than twice the observations of the second most comprehensive dataset. The annual version covers 178 countries.
Income distribution indicators like quantile income shares and the Gini coefficient are available for individual countries but not globally or for country groups from official sources. This dataset provides annual Gini coefficient estimates since 1988 for the world and various country groups.
https://www.bruegel.org/dataset/global-and-regional-gini-coefficients-income-inequality
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Central Bank of Russia ceased publishing detailed trade data. This dataset compensates by collecting detailed trade data from 38 countries, including the EU, China, the US, South Korea, Japan, India, the UK, Turkey, Switzerland, Norway, Brazil, and Kazakhstan. These countries accounted for 80% of Russia’s trade in 2019.
https://www.bruegel.org/dataset/russian-foreign-trade-tracker
Monetary aggregates from the European Central Bank sum up monetary assets that are imperfect substitutes, offering varying transaction and investment services. Divisia monetary aggregates, based on economic aggregation and index number theory, weight money components according to their transaction services. Unlike the United Kingdom and United States, the euro area lacks published Divisia aggregates. Our dataset fills this gap, providing monthly Divisia monetary aggregates and user cost of money estimates for the euro area since January 2001.
https://www.bruegel.org/dataset/divisia-monetary-aggregates-euro-area
The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the largest component of Next Generation EU (NGEU), is central to the EU’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. EU countries submitted national recovery and resilience plans outlining reforms and public investments to be supported by the RRF. Comparing these plans is difficult due to differing data structures and the absence of a comprehensive European Commission comparison. This dataset categorizes spending plans based on: (1) the six pillars from Article 3 of the RRF Regulation, (2) the seven flagship areas defined by the Commission, (3) the economic sector, and (4) a new classification addressing limitations of the previous three.
https://www.bruegel.org/dataset/european-union-countries-recovery-and-resilience-plans
Governments worldwide adopted various fiscal measures to mitigate the social and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. This dataset summarizes and compares the discretionary fiscal responses of EU countries, the United Kingdom, and the United States across three categories: (1) immediate fiscal impulse, (2) deferrals, and (3) other liquidity provisions and guarantees.
https://www.bruegel.org/dataset/fiscal-response-economic-fallout-coronavirus