Macroeconomic Dataset for ASEAN

The dataset covers the macroeconomic facts of ten member countries, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, of Associations of South East Nations (ASEAN) from 1967 to 2019. This dataset was extracted from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank databases. The primary goal of the dataset is to enhance our understanding of the macroeconomics trends in the ASEAN region. The understanding of the dependencies and causality associations among the key fiscal variables helps to formulate long-term sustainable economic policies and strategies to face any external shocks or global/regional financial crises. Thus, the data has critical applications for economic policymakers and financial institutions. The dataset raw files span over the past several decades, i.e., starting from 1967 to 2019, of individual countries, and from 1990 to 2019, for panel analysis of ASEAN10. Thus, it has a significant potential for future studies on the impact of fiscal policy, such as pre-crises, during crises, and post-crises periods of Global Financial crises, Asian Financial Crises, and specifically, the regional economic trends before the COVID-19 epidemic.

本数据集涵盖了东南亚国家联盟（Association of Southeast Asian Nations，ASEAN）10个成员国1967年至2019年的宏观经济事实，这10个成员国分别为文莱、柬埔寨、印度尼西亚、老挝、缅甸、马来西亚、菲律宾、新加坡、泰国与越南。本数据集提取自世界银行（World Bank）与亚洲开发银行（Asian Development Bank）数据库。本数据集的核心目标是加深学界对东盟区域宏观经济趋势的认知。厘清关键财政变量间的依存关系与因果关联，有助于制定长期可持续的经济政策与战略，以应对各类外部冲击及全球/区域性金融危机。因此，本数据集对于经济政策制定者与金融机构具有重要应用价值。本数据集的原始文件包含两类时间跨度的数据：单个成员国的完整数据时间范围为1967年至2019年，而用于东盟十国（ASEAN10）面板分析的数据则为1990年至2019年。故而本数据集可为未来多项研究提供重要支撑，例如针对全球金融危机、亚洲金融危机各阶段（危机前、危机中、危机后）的财政政策影响研究，以及针对2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）疫情暴发前的区域经济趋势研究。