Nowcasting Prices Using Google Trends : An Application to Central America

The objective of this study is to assess the possibility of using Internet search keyword data for forecasting price series in Central America, focusing on Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Honduras. The Internet search data comes from Google Trends. Th...

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Main Authors: Seabold, Skipper, Coppola, Andrea
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24925642/nowcasting-prices-using-google-trends-application-central-america
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22655

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