High-Frequency & Alternative Data

High-Frequency & Alternative Data provides earlier visibility into economic and market developments through more than 1.2 million daily and weekly time series across 500+ datasets. Covering consumption, trade, supply chains, prices, production and mobility, the dataset delivers timely indicators that complement official statistics and help users monitor current conditions, identify emerging trends and detect economic turning points sooner.

By combining high-frequency signals with traditional macroeconomic analysis, users can strengthen forecasting, investment research, risk assessment and nowcasting models across developed, emerging and frontier markets.

Key Facts

• More than 1.2 million daily and weekly time series
• More than 500 alternative and high-frequency datasets
• Coverage across 15 alternative-data topics
• Global coverage spanning developed, emerging and frontier markets
• Daily and weekly indicators covering consumption, production, trade, supply chains, prices and mobility
• Granular data by country, region, city, sector, product and transport route
• Data sourced from specialist providers, industry organisations, public institutions and proprietary CEIC calculations
• Structured historical datasets suitable for quantitative and systematic analysis

Features & Benefits

• Identify changes in economic trends sooner
  Monitor high-frequency indicators that provide early signals of economic and market developments ahead of official releases.
• Enhance forecasting accuracy
  Supplement traditional economic data with daily and weekly observations to improve nowcasting and forecasting models.
• Access hard-to-source alternative datasets
  Gain access to specialized data collected from diverse global providers through a single platform.
• Monitor markets in near real time
  Track shifts in consumption, trade, logistics, pricing and mobility as they occur.
• Analyze trends at a granular level
  Examine economic activity by region, city, sector, product category and transport route.
• Support quantitative workflows
  Leverage structured, historical datasets for signal generation, backtesting and systematic investment strategies.

Relevant Use Cases

• Economic Nowcasting & Forecasting; Improve nowcasting frameworks by combining daily and weekly indicators with official statistics. Monitor current economic conditions, supplement delayed releases and validate economic forecasts using real-world activity data.
• Macro Investment Strategy; Track economic momentum in near real time and identify turning points that may influence asset allocation, country positioning, interest-rate expectations and regional investment strategies.
• Consumer Demand Analysis; Monitor credit-card spending, vehicle registrations, e-commerce activity and retail footfall to assess demand trends and anticipate changes in consumer activity before official data releases.*
• Trade & Supply Chain Monitoring; Track cargo movements, port congestion, freight activity, vessel departures and transport flows to identify changes in trade volumes and supply-chain conditions.
• Inflation & Price Monitoring; Analyze high-frequency pricing data from commodities markets, online platforms and other alternative sources to detect emerging inflationary pressures and pricing trends.
• Quantitative Investment Research; Develop alternative-data signals and factors using structured historical datasets to support investment research, model development, backtesting and systematic strategies.