Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/19476 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper Series 1 No. 2004,09
Publisher: 
Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
Using aggregate data, the paper analyzes the importance of inventory investment for German business cycles since 1960. In contrast to U.S. experience, the traditional productionsmoothing/ buffer-stock model is not rejected by empirical evidence. Preliminary national accounts data of inventory investment have particularly poor quality. In order to be able to analyze recent stockbuilding trends in Germany, we propose a composite index aggregating information drawn from monthly production and sales statistics as well as from the Ifo business survey.
Subjects: 
inventory fluctuations
business cycles
data quality
composite index
Germany
JEL: 
E22
C32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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