The study said modern econometric techniques were making it easier to gauge the size of the shadow economy, and the latest estimates showed about 30 million people in the EU performed work that was not declared for tax.
Social media makes it easy to gauge the popularity of this output, as when the hashtag #suicideandme trended nationally during Professor Green's 2015 BBC3 film of the same name.
Because inflation has been very low during the recession, many investors have not been focused on inflation-adjusted bonds, which makes it easy to gauge the broad market consensus for inflation: the difference between the interest rates offered for TIPS and for plain Treasury bonds indicates what investors think future inflation will be.
Note that some of these have already been announced (including the charitable Southwest Deal that donates $1 per check-in to the Make-a-Wish Foundathem), but seeing them in one place makes it easier to gauge how much traction the feature is getting.
In the last several years, new research methods have been developed that could make it easier to gauge that ultimate wild card -- the emotions.
Not only does this win over MBA students flattery gets you everywhere, after all but it is makes it easier to gauge a candidate's softer skills, particularly compared with sifting through a thousand CVs.
Today, consumers don't need to rely on shorthand: they have Consumer Reports and J. D. Power, CNET and Amazon's user ratings, and so on, which have made it easier to gauge differences in quality accurately.
Recent breakthroughs in elucidating the multiple pathways of RNA-based post-transcriptional control and preliminary results from the first large-scale uses of RNAi in plants will make it easier to gauge the usefulness of the technique.
None of those differences make it easier to gauge which results are the truest representation of public sentiment.
Sticking to one kind of alcoholic beverage during an event can make it easier to gauge how much alcohol you've consumed.
