In early 2020, the rapid spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) quickly developed into a pandemic. This was followed by a sharp global economic downturn that was extraordinary in its speed, reach and scale. Within days of the first reported COVID-19 cases, the ECB daily Composite Indicator of...

This paper evaluates whether publicly available daily news lead texts help nowcasting Swiss GDP growth. I collect titles and lead texts from three Swiss newspapers and calculate text-based indicators for various economic concepts. A composite indicator calculated from these indicators is highly...

Are early warning indicators based on credit-gaps good predictors of financial crises? We systematically investigate the impact of modeling choices on the the ability of credit gap-based early warning indicators (EWIs) to predict financial crises in both advanced and emerging economies. The...

In this study, the predictability powers of three indicators of international reserve adequacy, namely external short-term debt to total reserves, broad money to total reserves, and reserves in months of imports on currency crisis are analysed. We show that while each indicator has potential in...

Financial and economic crises repeat themselves at indefinite intervals. As in the Great Recession (also known as Subprime Crisis) of 2007/2008 there was a bundle of events and processes that preceded it and contributed to its emergence, whether it be economic, political, or ideological. Based...

The intersection of Economics and Nature has long been overlooked, but recent events have shed new light on their interconnectedness. This paper explores this relationship, focusing on the impact of economic cycles and the role of GDP as a measure of economic success. The paper highlights the...