How Well Can Real-Time Indicators Track the Economic Impacts of a Crisis Like COVID-19?

This paper presents evidence on the extent to which a set of real-time indicators tracked changes in gross domestic product across 142 countries in 2020. The real-time indicators include Google mobility, Google search trends, food price information...

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Main Authors: Ten, Gi Khan, Merfeld, Josh, Newhouse, David, Pape, Utz, Tafere Hirfrfot, Kibrom
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099348106132213539/IDU034674d8d08ccf04d860b5170b3cb8446db97
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37549