This paper describes the compilation of the first truly comprehensive database on gross government debt-to-GDP ratios …, covering nearly the entire IMF membership (174 countries) and spanning an exceptionally long time period. The database was … data are linked to the IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) database to facilitate regular updates. The paper discusses the …

database with fiscal data for several levels of government. The data show that in many countries, revenue collection remains …

a valuable database but with a complex structure requiring some specialty knowledge that most data users do not have … to provide a non-technical overview of the methodology and advantages of the GFSY database and discussion of how the … database is improving to better meet the needs of the user community …

We update the widely used banking crises database by Laeven and Valencia (2008, 2010) with new information on recent … increases in public debt). We also update our dating of sovereign debt and currency crises. The database includes all systemic …

This paper introduces a new database of financial reforms, covering 91 economies over 1973–2005. It describes the … content of the database, the information sources utilized, and the coding rules used to create an index of financial reform …. It also compares the database with other measures of financial liberalization, provides descriptive statistics, and …

We introduce a new comprehensive announcement-level database tracking the extraordinary fiscal, monetary, prudential …, and other policies that countries adopted in response to Covid-19. The database provides detailed information, including … announced during this period. Importantly, the database is organized and presented in a format easy for researchers to use in …