Arbeitspapier

An unconventional weekly economic activity index for Germany

We develop an unconventional activity index for the German economy at weekly frequency in order to monitor economic developments at the current end in real time. The index contains nine high-frequency, rather unconventional weekly indicators. These are augmented by monthly industrial production and quarterly gross domestic product. The weekly activity index is then calculated as the common factor of the mixed-frequency dataset. It turns out that the index exhibits a high correlation with quarterly GDP growth and is thus able to serve as a reliable weekly coincident indicator for economic activity in Germany.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Technical Paper ; No. 02/2020

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
business cycle
economic indicator
factor analysis

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Eraslan, Sercan
Götz, Thomas
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Deutsche Bundesbank
(wo)
Frankfurt a. M.
(wann)
2020

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Eraslan, Sercan
  • Götz, Thomas
  • Deutsche Bundesbank

Entstanden

  • 2020

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