Heij, Christiaan (contributor); Dijk, Dick van (contributor) - 2007
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Keywords: index construction, business cycles, turning points, principal compo-
nent, principal covariate, time series … has a long tradition, starting with the work of
Mitchell and Burns (1938) on business cycles. Index methods have received … index of
consumer expectations. We refer to the Business Cycle Indicators Handbook of the
Conference Board (2001) for …