Official monthly unemployment data is unavailable in China, while intense public interest in unemployment requires … timely and accurate information. Using data on web queries from lead search engines in China, Baidu and Google, I build two … China. The results of Granger causality analysis show that the unemployment-related search indices can improve predictions …

financial conditions index (CNFCI) to measure the instability of China's financial system. The indices are based on the monthly …In this paper, employing several econometric techniques, the authors construct a financial stress index (CNFSI) and a … data collected from China's inter-bank markets, stock markets, foreign exchange markets and debt markets. Using these two …

financial conditions index (CNFCI) to measure the instability of China's financial system. The indices are based on the monthly …In this paper, employing several econometric techniques, the authors construct a financial stress index (CNFSI) and a … data collected from China's inter-bank markets, stock markets, foreign exchange markets and debt markets. Using these two …