A short guide to Uruguayan macro data
Interested in activity, prices, monetary, fiscal, external sector, and financial data for Uruguay? There are more than 100 datasets for Uruguay (See for example this Repository). If you look for data about Uruguay, you will probably find it there. However, this short guide will help you find the basic "must-see" datasets.
Uruguay Country Profile Dashboard
The starting point is our Uruguay Country Profile Dashboard, a fully automatized Dashboard presenting up-to-date data. You can catch a glimpse and get a broad idea of the latest developments.
The Charts are fully integrated with our datasets, so if you want to replicate any of them, you can download the source Dataset, or just click the button “Clone Chart” to reproduce the Chart inside our Platform.
The main sources for the data used on this Dashboard come from the Uruguayan National Institute of Statistics (INE), the Central Bank of Uruguay and the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). The data is fully integrated with our database which means once the sources release the data, our database will be instantaneously updated on our platform.
Our Dashboard contains five sections: Activity, Prices, Money and Banking, Fiscal, External Sector and Financial.
Activity
To track the economic activity of the Uruguayan Economy, you can monitor the evolution of GDP, Industrial Production, wages, and unemployment.
- INE Quarterly Gross Domestic Product: both the demand and supply approaches.
- INE's Industrial Production Index, by sections and industrial activities.
- The Catholic University of Uruguay's Consumer Confidence Survey Dataset.
- INE's labor market indicators: unemployment, employment, and labor force participation.
- INE's Nominal Wage Index.
- The Uruguayan Chamber of Industries' Monthly Business Expectations Survey
Prices
For prices and inflation, you can track the main inflation metrics for Uruguay, such as Headline Inflation and its groups. If you want to know everything about Uruguay's Consumer Prices, this Dataset is made for you. You can also find the BCU's inflation expectations data.
Money and Banking
Money and banking data tracks variables, such as the Monetary Aggregates, Interest rates, and Credit. If you are curious about interest rates, check it out this Dataset. Other useful information is:
Fiscal
The Fiscal data tracks the evolution of the Fiscal Accounts of Uruguay and the Debt over GDP path. Check it out more information on the Uruguayan Public Debt in this Dataset.
External Sector
In the External Sector Section, you can track variables such as Balance of Payments, International Reserves and the Exchanges Rates. For example, we have a dataset comparing the exchange rate between the Uruguayan currency and the USD dollar, check it out here.
- BCU- International Reserves - Monthly
- BCU - Balance of Payments
- INE - Exports by CIIU Classification
- INE - Imports by Economic Uses
- BCU - Real Exchange Rate
Financial
Finally, for Financial Data there is plenty of information about the Uruguayan Risk Premium, Stock Market, Government Bonds, and Equities. Beyond Uruguay, we have a comprehensive dataset covering the Risk Premium for multiple countries, take a look here.
