Ifo Survey Data in Business Cycle and Monetary Policy Analysis

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sturm, Jan-Egbert (Editor), Wollmershäuser, Timo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2005.
• Series: Contributions to Economics,
• Subjects: Operations research.; Decision making.; Statistics.; Econometrics.; Macroeconomics.; Economic growth.; Economics.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance.; Economic Growth.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.

The business surveys of the Ifo Institute (short for Information and Forschung) are internationally renowned. Every month close to 7,000 enterprises are questioned on their short-term planning and their appraisals of the actual and future business situation. The confidence indicator frequently refer...

Table of Contents:

• Business Cycle Analysis
• Forecasting Quarterly German GDP at Monthly Intervals Using Monthly Ifo Business Conditions Data
• Real Wages and Business Cycle Asymmetries
• Evaluating the German Inventory Cycle Using Data from the Ifo Business Survey
• Do Ifo Indicators Help Explain Revisions in German Industrial Production?
• A Leading Indicator for the Dutch Economy
• Survey Activity of the Ifo Institute
• Monetary Policy Analysis
• Firm Size and Monetary Policy Transmission — Evidence from German Business Survey Data
• The Role of the Ifo Business Climate Indicator and Asset Prices in German Monetary Policy
• Credibility and Transparency of Central Banks: New Results Based on Ifo’s World Economic Survey.