Macro/Fixed Income
Using Sentiment Data to Identify Links Between Chinese and Australian Economies
The vendor’s analytics indicate that the Reserve Bank of Australia’s outlook on the Australian economy has become more dovish in conjunction with the escalation of international trade tensions, even as other economic data has remained solid.
Satellite Data Used to Predict China's Manufacturing Activity
SpaceKnow uses satellite imagery to predict China’s PMI indices.
Employment Data Enables More Granular Analysis of the Labor Market
Completely unique in the industry, the job listing dataset only indexes jobs directly from employer websites.
Trade Nowcasting for China’s Trade Balance. Included in Citi's Report on Alternative Data.
Eagle Alpha’s trade data partner employs big data and predictive analytics techniques, and more than 25,000 times series, to forecast trade balance and industrial production statistics.
Google Trends for US Unemployment Prediction. Included in Citi's Report on Alternative Data.
Starting with macro-related alternative data, we investigate the appeal of web search data to predict macroeconomic indicators which in academic literature shows some promising results.
Trade Nowcasting Used to Analyze Brazilian Economy
Trade nowcasting indicators provide valuable insights into international trade and industrial production.
Insights into Chinese Steel Using Bill of Lading Data
The data provides unparalleled granularity on shipping trends in a very timely fashion. This has demonstrated a strong relationship with multiple economic variables including trade balances and company revenues.
Search Data as a Determinant of Economic Activity: US Employment
There are several advantages to using search data as a determinant of economic activity. The data is very timely, it has over 10 years of history, it is unique and offers unparalleled flexibility in terms of variety issues that can be analyzed.