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A look at search activity on Google indicates that U.S. consumers may be cooling off a little bit. Ben Breitholtz, a data scientist at Arbor Research, examines Google search activity as a gauge for consumer sentiment. On an episode of the “Odd Lots” podcast last year, he explained how watching this data was helpful in navigating the recovery in real time. Right now, he’s seeing some signs that the torrid pace of consumption we’ve seen is starting to cool just a little. … Source link

Seeing what Google has learned about you is a bit shocking though. To see what data Google knows about you, go to www.myactivity.google.com. Among the many items collected are web searches, YouTube videos you’ve watched, places you’ve visited, and things you’re interested in such as hobbies and what you eat. Source link

Bloomberg Turkey’s Central Bank Chief May Have Little Time to Repair Trust (Bloomberg) — If the experience of Sahap Kavcioglu’s most recent predecessors is any indication, Turkey’s new central-bank chief has little time left to win back the trust of foreign-exchange traders — or he may lose it forever.In the past three instances when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan replaced the governor, the reaction of the currency markets in the first week of the new incumbent’s tenure set the tone… Source link

Google says it’s phasing out tracking based on individual users’ browsing habits. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images In another major change poised to further jolt the already rocky world of digital advertising, Google plans to stop tracking individual users’ web browsing habits or selling ads based on them. Today, the Alphabet-owned search engine said it will phase out tracking users across websites without replacing third-party cookies with a new… Source link

TipRanks 2 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks With 7% Dividend Yield You can get whiplash, trying to follow the market fluctuations these days. Volatility rules for now, as investors are pulling out of Big Tech – a move that is pushing the general markets down. The bearish sentiment comes as new COVID case numbers are falling, along with the weekly unemployment claims. Both are positive news bites for the economy, and will help to justify increased economic opening. At the same time, a Congressional… Source link

U.S. economic activity likely surged at a record clip for the July through September period, as an initial easing of virus-related lockdowns allowed business activity to return after a historic slump. The Bureau of Economic Analysis is set to release its advance print on third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) at 8:30 a.m. ET on Thursday. Here are the main metrics expected from the report, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: 3Q GDP, annualized quarter-over-quarter: 32.0%… Source link

Approximately two weeks after most activity trends in Christian County started to return to pre-coronavirus levels, the county began to see a significant increase in its number of COVID-19 cases, Google mobility data show. Using the same kind of aggregated and anonymized data used to show popular times for places in Google Maps, the tech company in April began releasing COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports to help public health officials manage their response to the ongoing public health… Source link