International Financial Statistics - Database and Browser

The IFS database and browser on CD-ROM is keyed closely to the printed issues of IFS. It also contains historical data presented with a greater degree of precision than in the printed issues. Quarterly and monthly entries generally begin in 1957, and most annual entries begin in 1948. The CD-ROM incorporates a Windows-based browser facility, as well as the flat file of the database in scientific notation. The browser software provides a familiar and easy-to-use Windows interface for browsing the database, selecting series of interest, displaying the selected series in a spreadsheet format, and saving the selected series for transfer to other software systems, such as Microsoft Excel.