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IMF unveils new data strategy

Fund sets out first ever “overarching strategy” on data

23 Mar 2018

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Neural network learns ‘universal model’ for stock-price moves

Relationships between order flow and price “are stable through time, and across stocks and sectors”

12 Mar 2018

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Measuring Venezuela’s hyperinflation

Steve Hanke warns economists risk mismeasuring inflation in Venezuela by using CPI methodology

02 Mar 2018

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Solving the owner-occupied housing puzzle

A group of researchers has outlined what they see as a better method of integrating owner-occupied housing into the CPI

27 Feb 2018

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UK figures reveal 1.47 million people out of work

While the employment rate has continued to rise, the rate of unemployment has increased by the sharpest level in almost five years

21 Feb 2018

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UK inflation refuses to budge from 3%

Despite a decline in oil price pressure, UK inflation remains at December 2017 levels

13 Feb 2018

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Inflation falls in the euro area despite stronger growth

Annual price increases expected to fall to 1.3% in January, Eurostat says

31 Jan 2018

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Rebased ‘Maddison’ data reshapes economic history

New approach to measuring GDP per capita generates fresh insights

25 Jan 2018

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Big data can give valuable labour market signal – Fed paper

High-frequency private payroll data is useful in forecasting the labour market, researchers find

18 Jan 2018

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Higher inflation in Norway supports tighter outlook

Norges Bank brings forward its first planned rate hike to late 2018

11 Jan 2018

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BoE paper lays out ‘financial conditions index’ for UK

Index proves valuable as summary measure and also as input to forecasting

11 Dec 2017

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FCA mulls use of AI to tackle money laundering

Crime unit head says financial regulator views machine learning as complement to human judgement, not replacement

08 Dec 2017

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Big data in central banks focus report 2017

The second Central Banking Journal focus report on big data expands on the original study from 2016, assessing how challenges have evolved in the past year.

13 Nov 2017

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The rapid evolution of data

As big data enters the mainstream, it is critical to understand how it can transform our thinking

13 Nov 2017

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NY Fed paper estimates US contagion risks

Authors design a network model incorporating non-banks

08 Nov 2017

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Making the most of big data

The European Central Bank's Per Nymand-Andersen discusses embracing big data and what this could mean for the industry

07 Nov 2017

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Big data in central banks: 2017 survey

As an active area for new projects, big data is becoming a fixture in policymaking, with an increasing number of central banks carving out a budget for data handling