35 ECONOMIE ET STATISTIQUE / ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS N° 505‑506, 2018 Translated from the original version: “ Utilisation de Google Trends dans les enquêtes mensuelles sur le Commerce de Détail de la Banque de France” Use of Google Trends Data in Banque de France Monthly Retail Trade Surveys
François Robin*
To cite this article: Robin, F. (2018). Use of Google Trends Data in Banque de France Monthly Retail Trade Surveys. Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, 505‑506, 35– 63. https:// doi. org/ 10.24187/ ecostat. 2018.505d. 1965
* Banque de France, Economic Surveys Department, Directorate General Statistics (francois. robin@ banque‑france. fr) The author would like to thank in particular those who took part in an internal research workshop at the Banque de France, Patrick Kwok for his regular follow‑up, contributions and support for this work. A big thank you also to Martial Ranvier and Valérie Chauvin for their helpful comments and valuable methodological input. Lastly, thank you to François Guinouard, Léon Ipdjian and Mathilde Gerardin ; and to François Brunet, who proposed the topic.
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