In this paper we assess the information content of seven widely cited early indicators for the euro area with respect to forecasting area-wide industrial production. To this end, we use various tests that are designed to compare competing forecast models. In addition to the standard...

"Despite Canada's economic success over the past thirty years, the country's ranking in productivity has continued to decline when compared to other industrialized nations. Economic experts and pundits repeatedly call for means of improving productivity, arguing that it is the lynchpin to...

Der dritte kurze Länderüberblick in der kleine Reihe, die einige bedeutende Industrie- und Schwellenländer anhand wichtiger Globalisierungsindikatoren präsentiert, widmet sich den USA. Die Darstellung beschränkt sich auf die Jahre ab 2001 bis zum aktuellen Rand.