Nowcasting Economic Activity in Times of COVID-19 : An Approximation from the Google Community Mobility Report

This paper proposes a leading indicator, the "Google Mobility Index," for nowcasting monthly industrial production growth rates in selected economies in Latin America and the Caribbean. The index is constructed using the Google COVID-19 C...

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Main Authors: Sampi, James, Jooste, Charl
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/619261589478136374/Nowcasting-Economic-Activity-in-Times-of-COVID-19-An-Approximation-from-the-Google-Community-Mobility-Report
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33794