Using the Google Places API and Google Trends Data to Develop High Frequency Indicators of Economic Activity /

As the pandemic heigthened policymakers' demand for more frequent and timely indicators to assess economic activities, traditional data collection and compilation methods to produce official indicators are falling short-triggering stronger interest in real time data to provide early signals of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Austin, Paul
Other Authors: Marini, Marco, Sanchez, Alberto, Simpson-Bell, Chima
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/295
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