The Sheridan Libraries

Economics and Finance (SAIS)

Country Risk

BMI (formerly FitchConnect) This link opens in a new window
Search across 200 countries for banking & finance, risk, defense, energy and other industry reports.
Countrydata.com This link opens in a new window
Offers over 75 country-risk related variables, as well as forecasts, economic, political, geographic, and social data from the PRS Group’s Political Risk Services.
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Viewpoint This link opens in a new window
Source for respected country analysis reports, data, and industry information. Click on "Geography" to search by country.

PRS Group Political Risk Yearbook
Business Source Complete offers access to the Political Risk Yearbook (published annually for 100 countries).
Search for: political risk yearbook [insert country name]

ABI/Inform Collection This link opens in a new window
Journals covering business, economics, trade, finance and related fields

Coface: Country Risk and Economic Research
A free website offering country risk and business climate information

Sovereign risk ratings are available via Bloomberg to onsite library users. To access, log on to the Bloomberg terminal and type CSDR. You should see a rating page where you can click on the region you want. The availability of ratings – i.e., Standard and Poor's, Moody's, and Fitch -- will vary by country.