Garbage in, Garbage out, as the old saying goes. Good data is vital for good decisions. Asset managers, central bankers, commercial banks and investors of all kinds seek guidance daily on trends in economic activity, on inflation, on employment, Governance and many other factors. Money markets of all kinds dance attendance on data releases and frequently move sharply in response. Economic, geo-demographic and political data rule the roost. But are almost universally flawed.
The speed of delivery of economic data has improved (although the revisions have not), and the amount of data to be digested has increased enormously. But survey data quality has plummeted. Worst of all, most decision makers have no idea they are dealing with data so flawed it frequently sends the wrong signals.
The old maxim 'garbage in, garbage out', is ever more relevant.
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There are no precise reference measures like the kilo, mile or the watt in the investment world. There are no certainties in data covering economics, demographics and geopolitics. Indeed, World Economics believe many data series used daily by investors, business and Government to make serious decisions should come with brutally clear wealth warnings.
For example our indexes show 60 countries producing GDP data just not good enough to be used for financial decisions.
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