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• martinamas published in Luciano Cohan / Exploring Alphacast

  2023-05-03 - 5 minutes to read

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  Alphatour: Navigating Global Financial Data with Alphacast

  

  Prepare for our worldwide data availability! Check out all Global Datasets here. Alphacast has become a crucial tool for those seeking up-to-date and high-quality information on global economy, market fluctuations and financial trends, as it provides easy and fast access to a wide variety of large-scale data sources, allowing for precise and comprehensive analysis and metrics. Acces to financial data is of vital importance, due to this we offer a wide variety of repositories with valuable information that will be essential when our users perform analysis and metrics on various topics and sectors of economies located throughout the world. Below, you will find a list of the most reputable sources for international data. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental organization composed of 38 member countries, which primary aim is to promote economic well-being and international trade. The OECD is also responsable for collecting, analyzing and publishing information and statistics on a wide range of environmental, economic, and social worldwide issues. Financial & Monetary datasets: Finance, Monetary & Financial, Balance of Payments & International Trade The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FED) is the central bank of the United States. FRED also operates...
• martinamas published in Luciano Cohan / Exploring Alphacast

  2023-04-21 - 3 minutes to read

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  A short guide to US Inflation data

  

  Highlights of the Dynamic of US Inflation The United States has been struggling with a significant inflationary acceleration since the serie of international events, including the outbreak of the COVID-19, war between Ukraine and Russia, the global rise in energy prices, and the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, among others. All of those factors has contributed to a complex inflation scenario, inside which companies and consumers must seek strategies to manage. Increasing prices not only reduces the purchasing power of consumers and affects their consumption patterns, but also has far-reaching implications for the real estate sector and the progression of wages Besides this context, actualized data of the topic is crucial for businesses and policymakers in better undestanding of the current economic landscape. A couple of the following sources are claimed to be fundamental in the process of monitoring the inflation issue in the United States. Take a look on this US Inflation Dashboard here The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes detailed information on inflation, particularly through the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is broken down by categories and types of goods. Access to this reliable data for your research with AlphaCast's datasets: Consumer Price Index Consumer Price Index...
• MaiaM published in Luciano Cohan / Exploring Alphacast

  2022-12-06 - 3 minutes to read

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  A short guide to Ecuadorian macro and financial data

  

  Interested in activity, prices, monetary, fiscal, external sector, and financial data for Ecuador? There are loads of datasets, available in both the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE) and National Institute of Statistics (INEC) repositories, both containing oficial statistics from from different sources. The data is fully integrated with our database which means once the sources release it, our database will be instantaneously updated on our platform. If you are looking for data about Ecuador you'll probably find it there. However, this short guide will help you find the basic "must-see" datasets. Our Datasets are contained in five sections: Activity, Prices, Money and Banking, Fiscal, External Sector and Financial. Activity To track the economic activity of the Ecuadorian Economy, you can monitor the evolution of GDP, Industrial Production, Employment and Wages. Quarterly Gross Domestic Product Monthly Gross Domestic Product Employment Indicators Wages This is just a small sample of all the datasets we make available to our users, but there is more information that we know you will find useful such as fuel production or consumer confidence. Moreover, data is pre-processed within the platform so that you don't have to spend time doing transformations such as Seasonal Adjustment, currency change, %...
• flor published in Luciano Cohan / Exploring Alphacast

  2022-11-29 - 4 minutes to read

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  A short guide to Chilean macro data

  

  Interested in activity, prices, monetary, fiscal, external sector, and financial data for Chile? There are loads of datasets, see for example this Repository which has official statistics from INEI and BCRP. However, this short guide will help you find the our "must-see" datasets. Chile Country Profile Dashboard The starting point is our Chile Macro Dashboard, a fully automatized Dashboard presenting up-to-date data. You can catch a glimpse and get a broad idea of the latest developments. It contains five sections: Activity, Prices, Money and Banking, Fiscal, External Sector, and Financial The Charts are fully integrated with our datasets, so if you want to replicate any of them, you can download the source Dataset, or just click the button “Clone Chart” to reproduce the Chart inside our Platform. The main sources for the data used on this Dashboard come from the Central Bank of Chile (BCCh), the National Institute of Statistics (INE), and Chile's National Department of Treasury. The data is fully integrated with our database which means once the sources release the data, our database will be instantaneously updated on our platform. Activity To track the economic activity of the Peruvian Economy, you can monitor the evolution of GDP, Industrial...
• MaiaM published in Luciano Cohan / Exploring Alphacast

  2022-11-29 - 3 minutes to read

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  A short guide to Uruguayan macro and financial data

  

  Interested in activity, prices, monetary, fiscal, external sector, and financial data for Uruguay? There are loads of datasets, see for example this Repository which has oficial statistics from from different sources, including both government statistics and datasets produced by private entities. If you are looking for data about Uruguay you'll probably find it here. However, this short guide will help you find the basic "must-see" datasets. Uruguay Country Profile Dashboard The starting point is our Uruguay Macro Dashboard, a fully automatized Dashboard presenting up-to-date data. You can catch a glimpse and get a broad idea of the latest developments. The Charts are fully integrated with our datasets, so if you want to replicate any of them, you can download the source Dataset, or just click the button “Clone Chart” to reproduce the Chart inside our Platform. The main sources for the data used on this Dashboard come from the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU), the National Institute of Statistics (INE) and Uruguay's Ministry of Economy and Finances. The data is fully integrated with our database which means once the sources release the data, our database will be instantaneously updated on our platform. Our Dashboard contains five sections: Activity, Prices, Money...
• MaiaM published in Luciano Cohan / Exploring Alphacast

  2022-11-29 - 3 minutes to read

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  A short guide to Mexican macro and financial data

  

  Interested in activity, prices, monetary, fiscal, external sector, and financial data for Mexico? There are loads of datasets, see for example this Repository which has oficial statistics from from different sources, including both government statistics and datasets produced by private entities. If you are looking for data about Mexico you'll probably find it here. However, this short guide will help you find the basic "must-see" datasets. Mexico Country Profile Dashboard The starting point is our Mexico Macro Dashboard, a fully automatized Dashboard presenting up-to-date data. You can catch a glimpse and get a broad idea of the latest developments. The Charts are fully integrated with our datasets, so if you want to replicate any of them, you can download the source Dataset, or just click the button “Clone Chart” to reproduce the Chart inside our Platform. The main sources for the data used on this Dashboard come from the Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico), the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) and Mexico's Department of the Treasury (SHCP). The data is fully integrated with our database which means once the sources release the data, our database will be instantaneously updated on our platform. Our Dashboard contains five sections: Activity,...
• flor published in Luciano Cohan / Exploring Alphacast

  2022-11-28 - 4 minutes to read

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  A short guide to Peruvian macro data

  

  Interested in activity, prices, monetary, fiscal, external sector, and financial data for Peru? There are loads of datasets, see for example this Repository which has official statistics from INEI and BCRP. However, this short guide will help you find the our "must-see" datasets. Peru Country Profile Dashboard The starting point is our Peru Macro Dashboard, a fully automatized Dashboard presenting up-to-date data. You can catch a glimpse and get a broad idea of the latest developments. It contains five sections: Activity, Prices, Money and Banking, Fiscal, External Sector, and Financial. The Charts are fully integrated with our datasets, so if you want to replicate any of them, you can download the source Dataset, or just click the button “Clone Chart” to reproduce the Chart inside our Platform. The main sources for the data used on this Dashboard come from the Central Bank of Peru (BCRP), the National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI), and Peru's Ministry of Economy and Finances (MEF). The data is fully integrated with our database which means once the sources release the data, our database will be instantaneously updated on our platform. Activity To track the economic activity of the Peruvian Economy, you can monitor the...
• flor published in Luciano Cohan / Exploring Alphacast

  2022-11-25 - 4 minutes to read

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  A short guide to Brazilian macro and financial data

  

  Interested in activity, prices, monetary, fiscal, external sector, and financial data for Brazil? There are loads of datasets, see for example this Repository which has official statistics from BCB and IBGE. However, this short guide will help you find the our "must-see" datasets. Brazil Country Profile Dashboard The starting point is our Brazil Macro Dashboard, a fully automatized Dashboard presenting up-to-date data. You can catch a glimpse and get a broad idea of the latest developments. It contains five sections: Activity, Prices, Money and Banking, Fiscal, External Sector, and Financial. The Charts are fully integrated with our datasets, so if you want to replicate any of them, you can download the source Dataset, or just click the button “Clone Chart” to reproduce the Chart inside our Platform. The main sources for the data used on this Dashboard come from the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB), The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), and Brazil's Ministry of Economy. The data is fully integrated with our database which means once the sources release the data, our database will be instantaneously updated on our platform. Activity To track the economic activity of the Brazilian Economy, you can monitor the evolution of GDP,...
• matias published in Luciano Cohan / Exploring Alphacast

  2022-09-22 - 1 minute to read

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  How to integrate Alphacast with Excel for Mac?

  

  Step 1. Getting the URL link from the dataset or pipeline You will need the complete URL for the dataset that you want to integrate, which you can find by clicking the Download button and then copying (not downloading!) the URL attached to a TSV file. Alternatively, you can use the Data Snapshot link from any pipeline. Remember to choose the TSV link. Step 2. Creating a query file Open a Word file and paste the URL link. Save the document with the “.txt” extension (text without format), not as a Word file. When asked about text codification, choose MS-DOS. After saving the file, manually change its extension from “.txt” to “.iqy”. Step 3. Integrating with Excel Open a new spreadsheet, go to “Data”, then “Import External Data” and click on “Execute Web Query”. Excel will require you to choose a query file (those with “.iqy” extension), so search for the file you generated previously and open it. That’s it! Excel should have successfully integrated an Alphacast dataset/pipeline to your spreadsheet. Remember to click on “Refresh” to obtain data updates when...
• flor published in Luciano Cohan / Exploring Alphacast

  2022-09-07 - 3 minutes to read

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  8 amazing econdashboards you cannot miss!

  

  Stop spending your day copying & pasting data from sources that frequently change their formats, and get your charts updated right away. Dashboards are updated every day with the most recent data. Remember that you can copy and clone everything you see on those dashboards. Create your charts or pipelines to transform the data, and add your format, colors, and brand. Feel free to reuse everything of your own will. As a model for inspiration, we would like to share with you 8 curated dashboards from our team. Global Central Banks Dashboard Alphacast's Dashboards are the perfect tool to keep track of global monetary events. The Global Central Bank Dashboard has an up-to-date view of monetary policy in the Federal Reserve, ECB, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, and the People's Bank of China. Penn World Tables' Dashboard The Penn World Table, created by the Groningen Growth and Development Centre, is a project to compare world macro data in the long term, on relative levels of income, output, input, and productivity, covering 183 countries between 1950 and 2019. Latin American Overview Dashboard Alphacast shines the most when combining data from dozens of sources that would otherwise require lots of work....
• chia published in Luciano Cohan / Exploring Alphacast

  2022-08-11 - 3 minutes to read

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  How can I create a basic dashboard?

  Here you will find some examples that will be useful when building your own dashboard Saving charts on your clipboard Before you start creating your first dashboard, it's useful you preselect the charts that you want to work with using the clipboard. The clipboard allows you to have all the charts you want to add at hand. Access it via the hook button at the top right of the screen For that, you will have to click on the clip chart button below each graphic and voila, it is already saved in the clipboard. Dashboard --> clipping charts In case you want to use charts from another dashboard, don't forget to make the chart interactive so you can clip it. Dashboard --> Switching to Interactive Starting point To create and publish a dashboard, find and click the button in the upper right of the site "Create New" and select "Insight". The window on the left is the editor. There you can add a title, subtitles, and all the charts you want to visualize on your dashboard. The window on the right shows a previsualization of the left side. Follow the instructions already written to help you in the process but...