Econometric data service for automating workflows using African economic and financial data
EconData is a platform for:
- Data integration (automated access to complex public and private data)
- Enterprise forecast management (unique globally)
- Ecosystem of data products (including predictive analytics, scenario planning)
EconData enables automation of analytical workflows that depend on public domain or third-party data. It is also a leading-edge forecast management system, enabling data and model automation and best practice data and model governance. EconData supports data-sharing across databases and within institutions, codifies modelling process flows and provides User-level access control. EconData makes it easy to securely manage and share model scenarios and forecast vintages.
Codera also uses EconData to automate models, do research, and create value-added products such as interactive scenario dashboards. These dashboards and forecasts are made available to our clients. Individual subscriptions start at just R1000 per month (VAT excluded), and are even more cost-effective for enterprise subscribers. Visit https://econdata.co.za to try EconData for free and discover how EconData makes complex public domain data easy to access and use.
The data aspect of EconData is built on top of the Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX) standard for the exchange of statistical data and metadata. SDMX is promoted by leading international data providers, including the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the European Central Bank (ECB), Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union), International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), and the World Bank as a global standard for data exchange.
The EconData Registry provides a central data glossary of data concepts and the information necessary to access and interpret data and associated metadata.
To enable fully automatable workflows, we provide open API and a packages for R and Python, as well as an excel plugin.
Our EconData blog provides tutorials for using EconData and automating models and charts using the platform.
We are continuously adding data sources to EconData. The table below summarises the datasets currently under development.
| Data Module | Source Details | Availability |
| ASISA | Cross-Border Investment by asset managers and Hedge Funds | Subscriber only |
| Banking Sector Data | DI100, DI200, BA100, BA120, BA200, BA325, BA700, BA900 South African Reserve Bank | Subscriber only |
| Basic Fuel Price | Components of retail fuel prices | Subscriber only |
| Business Cycles | South African Reserve Bank | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Credit Bureau and Consumer Credit | National Credit Regulator | Subscriber only |
| CPD Rates (interest rates) | South African Reserve Bank | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| CPI Analytical Series | Statistics South Africa | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| CPI COICOP 5-digit and 8-digit | Statistics South Africa | Subscriber only |
| CPI Weights for South Africa back to 1970 | Statistics South Africa | Subscriber only |
| Civil Cases for debt | Statistics South Africa | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Electricity Production | Statistics South Africa | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| External Sector | South African Reserve Bank | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Financial Sector | South African Reserve Bank | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Fiscal Sector | South African Reserve Bank | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| IMF WEO | IMF | Subscriber only |
| Land Transport | Statistics South Africa | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Liquidation and insolvency | Statistics South Africa | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Manufacturing | Statistics South Africa | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Market Rates | South African Reserve Bank | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Mining | Statistics South Africa | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Motor trade | Statistics South Africa | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| National Accounts | Statistics South Africa, South African Reserve Bank | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Other Macroeconomic Indicators | South African Reserve Bank | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Population data | South African Reserve Bank | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Producer Price Index | Statistics South Africa | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Provincial Budgets | National Treasury | Subscriber only |
| Regional Property Prices | Statistics South Africa | Subscriber only |
| Public Finance | National Treasury Budget Reviews | Subscriber only |
| Quarterly Bulletin | SARB | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Quarterly Labour Force Survey | Statistics South Africa | Subscriber only |
| Regional National Accounts | Statistics South Africa | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Regional Population Data | Statistics South Africa | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Retail Trade | Statistics South Africa | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| SARB MPC Projections | SARB | Subscriber only |
| Tourism and Migration | Statistics South Africa | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Tourist Accommodation | Statistics South Africa | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Wholesale Trade | Statistics South Africa | Free for non-commercial use, subscriber |
| Upcoming additions: | ||
| World Bank Module | World Bank | Subscriber only |
| Trade Module | SARS | Subscriber only |
| Sovereign Debt Operations | National Treasury | Subscriber only |
Most public domain data are not easy to use. With EconData, you can find such data easily, use any tool you want to analyse it and keep your research easily up to date. With EconData, data is democratised and quality assured. Join the community.