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Google to map inflation using web data
- drtse4 16y agoPersonally, i'll be more interested in having this kind of data publicly accessible like they do with other dataset on google's publicdata.
- rrhyne 16y agoWe need third party verification of the Consumer Price Index and Google's just the group to give it to us. Maybe next up they'll tackle unemployment numbers?
- seiji 16y agohttp://www.google.com/finance?q=GOOGLEINDEX_US:UNEMPL http://www.google.com/finance?q=GOOGLEINDEX_US:UNEMPL and http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/research.google.com/en/us/archive/papers/initialclaimsUS.pdf http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrust... Also, religion is less popular in northern hemisphere summer months: http://www.google.com/insights/search/#cat=363 http://www.google.com/insights/search/#cat=363
- baguasquirrel 16y agoIt will be interesting to see if they can escape Goodhart's law. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodharts_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodharts_law