Dataset Information

Data available from 2018-09-09 to 2022-10-30
Source: OECD

This dataset includes The OECD Weekly Tracker of GDP growth. It provides a real-time high-frequency indicator of economic activity using machine learning and Google Trends data. It has a wide country coverage of OECD and G20 countries.

  • The Tracker (yoy) provides estimates of weekly GDP relative to the same week in the previous year. It covers the whole period from early 2020 to today.
  • The Tracker (yo2y) provides estimates of weekly GDP relative to the same week in the two years before (the 104-week difference). It covers the whole period from early 2020 to today.
  • The Tracker (counterfactual) is an estimate of the percent difference between weekly GDP and the pre-crisis GDP trend. It is available until the end of 2021. The pre-crisis GDP trajectory is proxied by OECD forecasts made in November 2019.