8th conference on 'Nontraditional Data, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing in Macroeconomics'

6 October 2026

On 5 and 6 October 2026, the eighth joint conference on 'Nontraditional Data, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing in Macroeconomics' was held at the Bank of Japan in Tokyo.

The conference was co-organized by Banca d'Italia, the Federal Reserve Board, the Bank of Canada, Sveriges Riksbank, the Bank of Japan and CEBRA (Central Bank Research Association) to promote the discussion and dissemination of empirical and theoretical research in macroeconomics and financial economics, with a focus on data science, nontraditional data, and artificial intelligence techniques, including machine learning and natural language processing.

The event provided an opportunity for exchanges on current topics with representatives from academia, central banks and other institutions.