Data
US dollar credit to emerging markets growing faster, reveals BIS data
Growth in dollar-denominated debts up 9%, with growth in debt securities even faster
Indian researchers use Google searches to overcome lack of data
RBI paper examined Google Trends to study growth in the Indian housing market
The data commons: Taking big data global
The International Monetary Fund’s first-ever overarching strategy on data aims to spread big data expertise among fund members. Louis Marc Ducharme discusses the upcoming challenges.
ECB needed better data in 2008 crisis, says Lautenschläger
Money market data was “limited” and published too infrequently, says senior ECB official
BoE’s latest big data project targets labour mismatches
Eliminating regional mismatch could have prevented productivity shortfall, researchers find
Data prompts positivity from Carney
Economic slowdown in Q1 was not due to the economic climate, BoE governor says
UAE plugs in to IMF’s enhanced data standards
IMF’s chief statistician hails the move as an “important step forward”
Central bankers share vision for ‘business as usual’ big data
Panellists offer advice on how to build the infrastructure for good data governance
BIS authors document ‘significant’ shifts in CDS risks
Credit default swaps market has changed “markedly” since 2008, authors say
Trump appears to pre-signal strong jobs data
US jobs report shows large increase in jobs and further drop in unemployment
UK statistics authority disagrees with BoE on snow impact
ONS says snow had limited impact on Q1 GDP, contradicting the BoE’s account
IMF releases world’s most comprehensive debt database
Data covers 190 countries and a wide range of instruments; Kenneth Rogoff calls the new database “really stunning”
Atlanta’s Bostic concerned by ‘proliferation of models’
Regional Fed chief says more needs to be done to understand how machine-learning algos could contribute to a major shock
IMF unveils first vintage of macro-prudential data
Database is the first global source of information on macro-prudential institutions, indicating an overall tightening in policy in 2016
High-frequency data could improve GDP estimates – RBI researchers
Initial data releases tend to be revised upwards, the authors find
Haldane envisages ‘iterative’ approach to advancing economics
Deductive and inductive approaches “need to share a broadly equal billing”, BoE chief economist says, setting out how the central bank has made use of big data
Emerging markets still taking on dollar debts, BIS data shows
Rapid growth in credit to emerging markets echoed by broader rises in global liquidity
Bank of Lithuania improves data accessibility in new website
Redesign offers videos and infographics to explain key policies; audience has increased by 10%
Claims on offshore centres at record high – BIS data
Overall cross-border claims “gained momentum” in Q4 2017
BoE goes granular with data experiment
UK central bank announces successful data proof of concept looking to store, organise and combine data based on the XBRL standard
Growth in the digital economy has scrambled statistics – IMF paper
Countries may have been understating GDP growth, while overstating inflation, IMF analysis reveals, as digital products skew prices
High-frequency data helps capture ‘psychological subtlety’ – BoJ paper
Study of “tick-by-tick” data finds markets have become more sensitive to the central bank’s policy announcements
IMF unveils new data strategy
Fund’s first ever “overarching strategy” on data envisages new approach to gathering, processing and sharing statistics
Neural network learns ‘universal model’ for stock-price moves
Relationships between order flow and price “are stable through time, and across stocks and sectors”