Dreger, Christian; Schumacher, Christian - In: Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis 2005 (2005) 1, pp. 71-87
In this paper the forecasting performance of popular leading indicators for the German business cycle is investigated. Survey based indicators (ifo business climate, ZEW index of economic sentiment) and composite leading indicators (Handelsblatt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Commerzbank) are...