Data
Norges Bank study: regional network is supplying useful information
Central bank’s network of contacts is able to deliver better information on growth than other sources, report finds
BIS paper: forces driving global liquidity are shifting
Paper examines factors behind changing patterns of global liquidity
Riksbank unveils results of web-scraping project
Big data technique for collecting prices could better capture volatile inflation components
MAS seeking to build data science community, says chief data officer
David Hardoon urges people to embrace data science and computing
US household debt surpasses pre-crisis peak
Household debt exceeds 2008 level for first time, driven in part by auto loans and student debt
Forecasting would improve with more regular data, says RBNZ’s McDermott
New Zealand is one of two advanced economies that uses quarterly data instead of monthly
Gaps in real estate data could threaten financial stability – Buch
Bundesbank vice-president highlights importance of monitoring credit conditions in tandem with house prices
Construction underway on Philadelphia Fed data centre
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia publishes annual report
Korean governor outlines limitations of GDP as economic indicator
Korea’s Lee offers alternatives based on microdata and other macroeconomic indicators
BoJ builds on BIS banking statistics
Researchers break down statistics further, shedding new light on patterns of cross-border banking
BoE research offers insights from new regulatory database
Authors shed new light on evolution of UK banking sector in recent decades
RBNZ paper sets out new house price indexes
Improved dataset allows design of three new indexes
Danish GDP revision helps solve productivity puzzle – bank
Figures better capture details of the current account, central bank finds
IMF paper offers new ways of measuring capital flow volatility
Authors say their more granular data allows them to gain new insights
BoE unlikely to predict next financial crisis, says MPC member
BoE MPC members grilled by MPs on forecasting models and past errors
Fed’s Williams says labour market figures are accurate
Current unemployment rate “accurately” reflects the state of the labour market
Consultancy and advisory services provider of the year (core): BearingPoint
BearingPoint’s consultants received high praise for their work with central banks
New tax measures biggest threat to Jamaican inflation
Increases in income tax threshold will impact inflation, latest report warns
Mongolia sees hope of recovery after rough year
Commodity reliant country faced slowing growth and inflation in 2016
GDP calculation needs double deflation, says IMF paper
Single deflation techniques introduce errors which can be significant, authors argue
Dominican Central Bank reports growth of 6.6%
Provisional data from bank shows it is fastest growing within region for fourth year in a row
Irish governor calls for better international finance data
Links between holders and issuers of instruments badly understood, Lane says
Measurement error a big part of ‘missing growth’ – Philippe Aghion
Statistics fail to capture creative destruction, French academic argues
Harker optimistic in first speech as FOMC voting member
Inflation target set to be met this year, says Philadelphia Fed governor