The Bundesbank’s Research Centre, for example, launched surveys of households and ﬁrms last year so as to better gauge their expectations and assessments of key economic variables. [15] Greater use could also be made of existing data, such as granular data gathered in the public administration.
Data protection could very well be reconciled with scientiﬁc use of the data, as shown by years of experience in research data centres. [16] Further proposals for improving evidence-based policy are under discussion. Methodological guidelines could help make evaluations more meaningful and comparable, say. The International Banking Research Network (IBRN) is a push in this direction.