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    February 10, 2020

    The risk of sargassum to the economy and tourism of Quintana Roo and Mexico

    An analysis of economic variables and through Big Data is made to quantify the effects of sargassum in the tourist activity of Quintana Roo in 2019. The results do not find solid evidence in this regard, either because it was not a relevant factor or by the success of mitigation actions.

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    December 4, 2019

    Geo-World: Conflict & Protest November

    The protests in Iraq, Lebanon and Iran against government policies triggered questions about the regional stability. Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates gained huge victory in local elections. Social unrest in Latin America intensified in some countries and they should be closely monitored.

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    November 26, 2019

    The use of Big Data at BBVA Research to understand the society, the economy and the world

    The text is a key source of information to enrich the analysis. News can be an important source of information on geopolitical events such as sanctions and foreign relations, we can also focus on critical challenges and how the media talks about them.

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    November 21, 2019

    Disentangling risks, activity and performance based on US corporate reports

    The NLP importance in business and economics as a key source of information to enrich business and economic analysis. US corporate quarterly and annual reports provide a comprehensive overview on a company's activities and financial performance throughout the year and future plans.

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    November 6, 2019

    Geo-World: Conflict & Protest October

    The US army killed ISIS leader al-Baghdadi. Meanwhile, Turkey brokered separate deals with U.S. and Russia to ensure a safe zone in northern Syria. The UK decided to hold general elections as the EU granted the country a Brexit extension until January 31. The US and China trade war eased with a “phase one” trade deal.

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    November 5, 2019

    Nowcasting Turkish unemployment using real time data from Google

    Turkish unemployment data is published with a significant delay (nearly three months), making it difficult to analyze the labor market in advance. In order to assess the evolution of the unemployment in high frequency, we have developed a dynamic model combining both the Business Cycle and Google searches for jobs.

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    October 23, 2019

    INE - European Statistics Day: BBVA Research experience using Big Data

    Big data techniques help us to enrich traditional databases with high dimensional data, but there are still some challenges we have to face. Real time data, combined with historical data may end up changing the way in which economists approach empirical questions and the tools they use to answer them.

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    October 14, 2019

    Opportunities and challenges of using big data for policy analysis at BBVA Research

    Big data helps us to enrich databases and improve economic indicators, at the same time allow us to understand and represent multidimensional indexes in a simple way. But the use of unstructured and massive data could be a challenge to traditional techniques, making the data treatment a crucial part of the working process.

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