Nowcasting in government/official statistics

Wed, Aug 9, 8:30 AM

Minsun RiddlesOrganizerShelley RothChair

Government Statistics Section

3 Presentations

Macroeconomic Predictions using Payments Data and Machine Learning

8:35 AM - 8:55 AM

Ajit Desai (Bank of Canada)

Co-authors: James Chapman (Bank of Canada)

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: Early Provisional Estimation Methodology

8:55 AM - 9:15 AM

Minsun Riddles (Westat)

Co-authors: Jay Clark (Westat), Leyla Mohadjer (Westat), Thomas Krenzke (Westat)

Nowcasting county-level drug overdose death rates due to specific drugs

9:15 AM - 9:35 AM

Diba Khan (Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Viruses Division)

Co-authors: Priyam Patel (NCHS), Yulei He (National Center for Health Statistics), Guangyu Zhang (National Center for Health Statistics), Lauren Rossen (National Center for Health Statistics)

Discussant

Thomas Krenzke (Westat)