The Ifo Business Climate is the most important indicator for the business cycle in Germany. In 1993 the connection between the two components of the business climate - business situation and business expectations - was graphically portrayed by Ifo in a 4-quadrant scheme: the Ifo Business Cycle...

The IFO Business Climate is the most important indicator for the business cycle in Germany. In 1993 the connection between the two components of the business climate – business situation and business expectations – was graphically portrayed by Ifo in a 4-quadrant scheme: the IFO Business...

Business cycle indicators are important instruments for monitoring economic development. When employing indicators one usually relies on a sound statistical database. This paper deals with indicator development in a sparse data situation. Indicator building is merged with temporal...

This study concentrates on the signal approach for Kazakhstan. It focuses on the properties of individual indicators prior to observed currency crises. The indicators are used to build composite indicators. An advanced approach uses principal components analysis for the construction of composite...

Business cycle indicators are used to assess the economic situation of countries or regions. They are closely watched by the public, but are not easy to interpret. Does a current movement of the indicator signal a turning point or not? With the help of Markov Switching Models movements of...

The Ifo Business Climate is the most important indicator for the business cycle in Germany. In 1993 the connection between the two components of the business climate - business situation and business expectations - was graphically portrayed by Ifo in a 4-quadrant scheme: the Ifo Business Cycle...

Business cycle indicators are important instruments for monitoring economic development. When employing indicators one usually relies on a sound statistical database. This paper deals with indicator development in a sparse data situation. Indicator building is merged with temporal...

Die in jüngster Zeit vorgenommenen Revidierungen der Prognosen für Deutschland und die Weltwirtschaft führten teilweise zu Irritationen und auch zu Kritik an den Prognosen. Offenbar gibt es in der Öffentlichkeit Missverständnisse über das Ziel von Konjunkturprognosen und über deren...

Das Jahr 2001 hat sich rückblickend als »Jahr der enttäuschten Konjunkturhoffnungen« herausgestellt; auch das ifo Institut musste seine Deutschlandprognose im Jahresverlauf mehrfach »nach unten« korrigieren. Die Fehleinschätzung der BIP-Wachstumsrate geht auf zwei Ursachen zurück: Einmal...

Das vergangene Jahr hat sich für die deutsche Wirtschaft rückblickend als ein weiteres Jahr der enttäuschten Konjunkturhoffnungen herausgestellt; auch das ifo Institut musste seine Deutschlandprognose im Jahresverlauf nach unten korrigieren. Die erwartete konjunkturelle Belebung in der...