The LBD is at its core a re-usable longitudinal data spine with each of its component providing the longitudinal link between business references. Data spine is a new concept.
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This report is part of a programme of work that the ONS has been doing with the Alan Turing Institute to explore the usefulness of various economic nowcasting methods, particularly the signature method.
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Nowcasting refers to generating estimates of the current (“now”) state of the economy. We investigate how signature methods can be useful in the context of economic nowcasting
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We used text data from over 500,000 business websites to inform survey response-chasing efforts and gain insights into the impact of COVID-19.
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Today we published latest release of new, faster, indicators of economic activity constructed from novel data sources.
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