Economic Environment
Global Economic Prospects (World Bank) - Note Commodity Markets in the side bar. Also note Data & Research tab - leads to country statistics
World Economic Outlook (International Monetary Fund) - publication has an underlying database. Note link to Data and Statistics - leads to many databases - one of which is Principal Global Indicators. Further data is available from OECD iLibrary
These resources are updated by:
Economist Intelligence Unit
Roubini Global Economics
globalEDGE
Competitiveness:
Global Competitiveness Report
World Competitiveness Online
Canada
Conference Board of Canada e-Library
Browse by topic -> Economic Trends for forecasting
CANSIM - Statistics Canada's main database
Search North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2012 to determine the code for an industry
Europe
United States
2012 Statistical Abstract - continued by ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States
FedStats
GeoFred (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Taking Your Business Beyond Canada and the United States
Export.GOV - Market Research Library - Country Commercial Guides