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Official Launch of the World Economic Database (WED)

2025-Nov-01

We're thrilled to announce the official launch of Anansi Data Analytics, our macroeconomic and financial data platform built from the ground up to empower researchers, investors, and finance professionals with clean, structured, and reliable data.

At Anansi, we're a research-first, data-driven team.

We turn the latest methods in economic research and data engineering into powerful, ready-to-use databases—designed to reduce the friction in data workflows. No more hours wasted cleaning spreadsheets, cross-referencing conflicting sources, or guessing what a variable actually means.

Our mission is simple:

  • Make macro and financial data easy to find, easy to use, and easy to trust.
  • Build transparent, well-documented, and high-quality datasets that reflect the standards of professional research.
  • Constantly improve our coverage, tools, and methodologies to stay ahead of the curve.

Our first major release is the World Economic Database (WED) — the first fully harmonized macroeconomic database with 945 years of comparable data that helps you analyze economies with confidence. From GDP and inflation to trade balances and FX, everything is organized, structured, and ready to go.

What makes WED stand out:

  • Standardized across 240+ countries, 50+ variables and multiple frequencies
  • Long time series covering decades of history with minimal gaps and forecasts
  • Extensive coverage across both developed and emerging markets
  • Clear methodology and transparent sources – no aggregations or vague definitions

We're actively updating and expanding WED, with new indicators, improved metadata, and deeper historical coverage being added regularly. This is just the beginning, and there's so much more to come.

Check it out here: https://www.anansidata.com

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