Data and visualisations
East Asia Econ Paul Cavey

685,378 economic series for China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the region — from interest rates in 1900 to UN population projections in 2100. Chart them here, or pull them into your models over the API. Updated when data are released.

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Coverage

Deep, not broad and shallow

Every series carries its full history, at whichever frequencies it publishes. The archive is weighted towards what needs long runs — trade by partner and product, labour, prices, fiscal and flow-of-funds detail — rather than headline aggregates alone.

Series by market
China184,730
Region & cross-country207,708
Japan175,510
Korea64,033
Taiwan53,412
Series by frequency
Monthly384,092
Annual321,322
Quarterly138,823
Data points86,937,479
Span1900–2100

Ways in

Explore it in the browser

Nothing to install and no key required — chart it, map it, and take the underlying numbers with you.

For modellers

Data API

The same archive over REST — JSON or CSV, many series in one call, filtered by frequency and date range.

GET /search?q=JGB&freq=m&limit=10 GET /series?columns=…&freq=m&start=… GET /series/{name} GET /info/{name} GET /countries · /frequencies · /stats

Authenticate with an API key or your East Asia Econ membership. Append &format=csv for a spreadsheet-ready response. Full documentation on the Data API page.

curl -H "X-API-Key: eae_…" \
  "https://data-api-production-74e0.up.railway.app/series?columns=Japan, JGB, 10Y&freq=m&start=2020-01-01"

{
  "columns": ["Japan, JGB, 10Y"],
  "count": 1,
  "series": {
    "Japan, JGB, 10Y": {
      "country": "jp", "frequency": "m",
      "min_date": "2020-01-01",
      "max_date": "2026-07-01",
      "data": [{"Date": "2020-01-01", "value": -0.01}, …]
    }
  }
}

Access

Search is open. Membership is for pulling.

The whole catalogue is free to explore without an account — search every series, read its metadata, check coverage and date ranges. A membership is only needed to pull the numbers themselves, and your existing East Asia Econ tier already carries it.

Free

$0

Get a taste of what’s going on.

  • Region, China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan
  • Occasional posts
  • API access: 10 requests a month

Daily

$320/year
7 days free 12% discount

Visualisation of the big macro and market trends in East Asia, delivered daily. See samples.

  • Daily email summarising the big macro and market trends
  • Short summaries and lots of charts
  • API access: 30 requests a month

Daily + Data

$1,000/year
7 days free 17% discount

Everything in Daily, plus hundreds of interactive charts and thousands of data series. See samples.

  • Daily email summarising the big macro and market trends
  • Hundreds of interactive charts with downloadable data
  • Data app to select, chart and download whatever data you need
  • Unlimited API access to over 850,000 data series

East Asia

$20,000/year
17% discount

Subscription for financial institutions. Exact price depends on AUM and number of users. Sample notes and reports.

  • Comprehensive analysis of macro in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan
  • Everything in Daily + Data
  • Unlimited API access to over 850,000 data series

Search and metadata are open to everyone, with or without an account — a membership is what lets you pull the numbers themselves. Upgrades take effect immediately, because the API reads your tier from your membership on every call.