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Turning words into numbers : measuring news media coverage of shortages / by Lin Chen and Stephanie Houle.FB3-6/2023-8E-PDF

"We generate high-frequency and up-to-date indicators to monitor news media coverage of supply (raw, intermediate and final goods) and labour shortages in Canada. We use natural language processing to construct two news-based indicators and time-varying topic narratives to track Canadian media coverage of these shortages from 2000 to 2022. This makes our indicators an insightful alternative monitoring tool for policy. Notably, our indicators track well with monthly price indexes and measures from the Bank of Canada’s Business Outlook Survey, and they are highly correlated with commonly tracked indicators of supply constraint. Moreover, the news-based indicators reflect the attention of the public on pressing issues"--Abstract.

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Department/Agency
  • Bank of Canada, issuing body.
TitleTurning words into numbers : measuring news media coverage of shortages / by Lin Chen and Stephanie Houle.
Series title
  • Staff discussion paper = Document d'analyse du personnel, 1914-0568 ; 2023-8
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • "Last updated: March 31, 2023."
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 18-19).
  • Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada : Bank of Canada = Banque du Canada, 2023.
  • ©2023
Author / Contributor
  • Chen, Lin, author.
Description1 online resource (ii, 26 pages) : charts.
Catalogue number
  • FB3-6/2023-8E-PDF
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