Sunshine, Sentiment & Spending

A DSA210 data science project testing whether weather and macroeconomic context can move consumer confidence and retail behavior across Germany, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom (2015–2024).

10
Years
Monthly data from 2015 to 2024
480
Panel Rows
Four countries x 120 months
8
Weather Variables
Sunshine, daylight, temperature and rain
0.871
Best Retail R2
Random Forest cross-validation

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