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A PESTLE analysis is a common way of breaking down the contextual factors that affect businesses in a particular country and is used by companies as a basis for strategic decision making and marketing, among other things. While business decisions are often financially motivated, the six factors considered in a PESTLE (political, economic, sociocultural, technological, legal and environmental) consider the broader context in which the organization is operating, rather than focusing exclusively on the monetary.
Even if you are not interested in a PESTLE analysis, per se, the six areas still provide a useful framework for searching for information about a country; no matter what information you are trying to find about a country, it is likely to fall into one of these six categories. Different databases specialize in different kinds of data and analysis, so ask yourself which category the information you're looking for falls into and then search for databases below that fall under the corresponding letter.
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⦿ Country-specific Macroeconomic Outlook and In-depth PESTLE Insights Reports.
Choose Country Profiles from the dropdown next to the search box and then enter your country of interest in the search box.
⦿ Country Risk Reports/Political Risk Reports
Search [Your Country Name] country report and sort by date to find the most recent reports. e.g. Switzerland country report.
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⦿ Country Profiles and Economy Finance and Trade reports for many countries.
At the top of the homepage, choose the Economy, Finance and Trade tab.Then, on the left, choose Country Report under Choose Analysis, then choose Economy, Finance and Trade under Choose Category, and, finally, choose your country from the list under Choose Geography and click go.
⦿ Economic Barometer.
Click GO in the Dashboards box on the right of the homepage. Scroll down to the block of reports listed uned Economies and click the Load More button to find the Economic Barometer. Click on the box, then choose your country of interest.
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