Khramov, Vadim; Lee, John Ridings - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
to 2012. We show that the EPI reflects the major events in U.S. history, including wars, periods of economic prosperity …Existing economic indicators and indexes assess economic activity but no single indicator measures the general macro-economic … informative metric called the Economic Performance Index (EPI). The EPI represents a step toward clarity, by combining data on …