In der amtlichen Statistik Deutschlands kam es im Berichtszeitraum 2008/2009 zur Anwendung einer neuen Wirtschaftszweigklassifikation. Um die Vergleichbarkeit zu gewährleisten, mussten die Ergebnisse des ifo Konjunkturtests ebenfalls angepasst werden. Für Sachsen und Ostdeutschland zeigen sich...

In this study, we systematically evaluate the potential of a bunch of survey-based indicators from different economic branches to forecasting export growth across a multitude of European countries. Our pseudo out-of-sample analyses reveal that the best-performing indicators beat a well-specified...

The ifo Institute is Germany’s largest business survey provider, with the ifo Business Climate Germany as one of the most important leading indicators for gross domestic product. However, the ifo Business Survey is not solely limited to the Business Climate and also delivers a multitude of...