Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/157163 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IW-Report No. 2/2016
Publisher: 
Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW), Köln
Abstract: 
There is no lack of information for diagnosing the development of an economy. The problem is more one of obtaining a concise summary. The IW Business Cycle Traffic Light captures at a glance the changes in important economic indicators for Germany, the Eurozone, the USA and China. This can only be achieved by establishing which improvements and deteriorations in the short-term development of the economy can be defined as relevant. Like its individual underlying indicators, the IW Business Cycle Traffic Light represents the status of information a varying number of months ago, thus partly reflecting the inevitable recognition lags in business cycle diagnosis.
JEL: 
C82
E32
Document Type: 
Research Report

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