Google’s Chief Economist, Hal Varian, shares with us on how Google Trends could be used to measure and even forecast (or more accurately, “present”-cast) economic trends at GAAC Summit 2009.

Google recently launched its Hot Trends™ Search Tool for Singapore, allowing web users to know the most popular searches made by Singaporeans everyday. To try out Google Hot Trends Singapore, a new feature of Google Trends, go to www.google.com.sg/trends.