Last year, COVID-19 changed the economy so fast that economists needed a different kind of data to help them understand it. Monthly indicators based on government survey data that take weeks to ...

When it comes to forecasting long-horizon volatility, multistep-ahead iterated forecasts using higher-frequency data can be more efficient than one-step-ahead direct forecasts using lower-frequency ...

New surveys using mobile technology or estimation methods are allowing economists to measure poverty more often, and with more detail. The surveys can help policy makers respond more quickly to ...