Data
Lowe tells Australians to prepare for biggest contraction since 1930s
Uncertainty and movement restrictions have hampered spending and increased unemployment
US must overhaul statistics to fight coronavirus – Minneapolis Fed paper
New methods, laws and cross-sector agreements are necessary to support real-time data analysis, research says
Covid-19 uncertainty to have long-lasting impact – SF Fed paper
Inflation may turn negative over the near and medium term, researchers estimate
IMF and Yale provide data on virus responses
IMF site provides information on G20 country responses to virus
BoE announces new centralised data platform
UK central bank teams up with Autorek for two-phase project
Climate-related disclosures should be mandatory – RBNZ official
Assistant governor says firms should not be allowed to “cherry pick” what disclosures they make
MAS to allow financial data transfer to US
Data-sharing agreement could see personal data shared across borders, as data localisation inhibits supervisory processes
UK financial market has never been ‘cleaner’, says FCA official
New business strategy has helped regulator monitor insider trading; additional metric helps analyse data from transactions previously out of reach
IMF delays Argentina forecasts due to uncertainty
Current forecast shows economy contracting by 1.3% in 2021 and inflation falling to 17%
RBNZ economists look to improve GDP statistics
“GDPplus” has several advantages over standard GDP statistics, authors say
Debt securities still key in capital flows to EMEs – BIS
Latest global liquidity statistics show ongoing growth in euro and dollar liquidity
Global cross-border lending growth at highest rate since 2008
Bank claims continued to grow “rapidly” in Q3 2019, latest BIS figures show
Angola’s central bank establishes inflation expectation indicators
Central bank issues new surveys to gather information on prices following exchange rate liberalisation
BIS statistics committee to focus on fintech and big data in 2020
Irving Fisher Committee plans to complete its fintech work and update a 2015 survey
Machine learning can produce better credit scores – BIS paper
Fintech firms may be better at predicting default rates, researchers find
Global house price growth slows, but China still surging
BIS figures show broad slowdown in growth, though prices are still rising fast in some places
Central banks increasingly embracing the cloud
Forms of cloud computing are becoming more prevalent, despite central banks’ caution
Big data in central banks: 2019 survey results
Many central banks are overhauling their data governance, which has facilitated a broadening in their use of big data. They are also turning to external specialists for help
Global credit to non-banks growing faster in Q2 – BIS figures
Latest global liquidity figures show rapid growth in lending to the non-bank sector
New IMF data sheds light on interwar instability
Instrument-level data highlights how the network structure of debts contributed to collapse
Cross-border claims growing at fastest rate since crisis – BIS
Non-banks continue to see the fastest growth, latest international banking data shows
BIS authors detail new data on non-bank exposures
Banks have highly concentrated exposures to non-financial counterparties, researchers say
Barbados launches new statistics hub
Central bank simplifies data publications for “man on the street” and standardises bank reporting
Economists use payments data to build high-speed indicator
Team says transaction-based metric gives quick insight into consumer spending