Using Google search activity data can help detect, in real time and at high frequency, a wide spectrum of breaking socio-economic trends around the world. This wealth of data is the result of an ongoing and ever more pervasive digitization of information. Search activity data stand in contrast...

In seasonal adjustment a time series is considered as a juxtaposition of several components, the trend-cycle, and the seasonal and irregular components. The Bureau of the Census X-11 method, based on moving averages, correction of large errors and trading day adjustments, has long dominated....

Trade asymmetry is a well-known fact and there are extensive reports and literature about the causes for those asymmetries. There is also a recognised effort made by trade statisticians to mitigate trade asymmetry over time. Notwithstanding the positive achievements that have been made so far,...

This article presents the Working Time Measurement Concept of the Institute for Employment Research, which determines the hours worked in Germany and their individual components. The Working Time Measurement Concept is the key data product on working time in Germany and underlies the German...

Adaptive and innovative application of classical data mining principles and techniques in time series analysis has resulted in development of a concept known as time series data mining. Since the time series are present in all areas of business and scientific research, attractiveness of mining...

Geopolitische Verunsicherungen belasten die Weltwirtschaft und die exportorientierten Unternehmen in Deutschland. Das Ausmaß an wirtschaftlicher Verunsicherung kann nicht direkt gemessen werden. Neben Finanzmarktindikatoren und Medienanalysen können auch Unternehmensbefragungen wichtige...

Die Corona-Pandemie dürfte in Deutschland zum stärksten Konjunktureinbruch in der Nachkriegszeit führen. Auf Basis der regelmäßigen Konjunkturumfrage des Instituts der deutschen Wirtschaft wird eine Orientierung über das Ausmaß und den Verlauf der gegenwärtigen Beeinträchtigungen von...

The 2008-2010 crisis has shown that authorities were missing crucial information necessary to identify risks to the financial system in an accurate and timely manner. To be prepared for future crises, a range of legislation in Europe and beyond was passed. The scope and depth of information...

Die Finanzkrise der Jahre 2008 bis 2010 hat deutlich gemacht, dass der Finanzaufsicht die nötigen Informationen fehlten, um Risikotreiber im Finanzsystem genau und rechtzeitig zu identifizieren. Um für künftige Krisen besser gewappnet zu sein, wurde eine Reihe von Gesetzgebungen in Europa und...

When considering issues of measuring welfare beyond gross domestic product (GDP), a key ongoing, but unfinished, agenda concerns how to measure the outputs of goods and services which are "free at the point of delivery". Public services such as schools and health services are major examples of...