Ravazzolo, Francesco; Vespignani, Joaquin L. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2015
a new indicator, named World steel production, and compare it to other existing indicators, precisely the Kilian’s index … predictability properties of the indicators. World steel production is proven to be the best monthly indicator of global economic … activity and the World steel production produce accurate forecasts for World GDP, confirming evidence provided by the …