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More Data, Now What?

Finance and Development, December 2025

Today’s data deluge raises important economic questions, from the best ways to measure economic activity to how new data sources can complement official statistics? More fundamentally, are we measuring the metrics that matter most in today’s increasingly digital economy? The latest F&D explores these questions.

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Full Report: Shifting Ground beneath the Calm

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