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Using Numbers to Persuade : Hidden Rhetoric of Statistics
Hassan, Nadia - 2021
reality. Therefore, statistics in itscurrent form disregards rhetoric and emphasizes only numbers. It ignores meanings …
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The toll index : innovation-based economic telemetry
Askitas, Nikolaos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011
We present the operationalized Toll Index, which is a new type of early indicator for the German business cycle. We present the basic idea and document the power of the indicator for the purpose of nowcasting. The data will be regularly available at the IDSC, the data bank center of IZA and will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009407737
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The Toll Index : innovation-based economic telemetry
Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011
We present the operationalized Toll Index, which is a new type of early indicator for the German business cycle. We present the basic idea and document the power of the indicator for the purpose of nowcasting. The data will be regularly available at the IDSC, the data bank center of IZA and will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009383563
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Nowcasting business cycles using toll data
Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011
Nowcasting has been a challenge in the recent economic crisis. We introduce the Toll Index, a new monthly indicator for business cycle forecasting and demonstrate its relevance using German data. The index measures the monthly transportation activity performed by heavy transport vehicles across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009232581
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Chinese Statistics : Output Data
Holz, Carsten A. - 2013
GDP data by China's National Bureau of Statistics can be felt on stock markets around the globe, and may influence a broad …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085571
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Understanding PRC Investment Statistics
Holz, Carsten A. - 2020
Investment statistics of the People's Republic of China are a source of many puzzles. Some investment data are of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012841136
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Understanding PRC Investment Statistics
Holz, Carsten A. - 2020
Investment statistics of the People's Republic of China are a source of many puzzles. Some investment data are of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012842252
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Statistical Indicators of Social Dialogue : A Compilation of Multiple Country Databases
Chataignier, Anne - 2007
collects statistics from various sources, describing how the statistical data was collected and adjusted so users of this data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012731690
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Principled Data Access : Building Public-private Data Partnerships for Better Official Statistics
Biancotti, Claudia; Borgogno, Oscar; Veronese, Giovanni - 2021
Official statistics serve as an important compass for policymakers due to their quality, impartiality, and transparency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013217671
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The Toll Index : Innovation-Based Economic Telemetry
Askitas, Nikos - 2012
We present the operationalized Toll Index, which is a new type of early indicator for the German business cycle. We present the basic idea and document the power of the indicator for the purpose of nowcasting. The data will be regularly available at the IDSC, the data bank center of IZA and will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112304