As we start the second half of January, this is a particularly good time to check out what real-time data on flows and income has been telling us about the first half of this month.

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Owned and controlled by the member central banks, the BIS provides them with data on capital flows and sets recommended regulatory standards such as capital-adequacy levels.

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So GE brags about the terabyte of data that flows out of a single jet engine on a single cross-country flight.

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