The Coronavirus pandemic and the widespread economic downturn in the wake of the resulting ‘lockdown’ in many countries have spurred an unprecedented output of research in multiple disciplines. This research is serving as a vital guide to policymakers in governments, central banks and...

The confluence of access to large granular data sources (‘Big Data’) and the rapid advance of modelling techniques like those from machine learning (ML) promises new insights into the economy and a larger information set for policymakers. The Bank of England (BoE) and the Data Analytics for...