Inflation has been rising during the pandemic against supply chain disruptions and a multi-year boom in global owner-occupied house prices. We present some stylized facts pointing to house prices as a leading indicator of headline inflation in the U.S. and eight other major economies with...

We introduce a new comprehensive announcement-level database tracking the extraordinary fiscal, monetary, prudential, and other policies that countries adopted in response to Covid-19. The database provides detailed information, including sizes where available, for 28 granular policies adopted...

Maritime data from the Automatic Identification System (AIS) have emerged as a potential source for real time information on trade activity. However, no globally applicable end-to-end solution has been published to transform raw AIS messages into economically meaningful, policy-relevant...

Recent failures of US banks highlight that large liability withdrawals can damage capital positions-i.e., that liquidity risk and solvency risk interact. A simple risk assessment for banks in a wide group of countries finds sizable exposure to this interaction. This varies significantly across...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Data-drive Supply Chains & Intro to Python -- Chapter 3: Data Manipulation -- Chapter 4: Data Visualization -- Chapter 5: Customer Management -- Chapter 6: Supply Management -- Chapter 7: Warehouse & Inventory Management -- Chapter 8: Demand Management --...