Emerging countries in many cases are more crisis-prone than highly developed industrialized countries. This is in many cases due to a weak or volatile financial sector. The best policy to strengthen crisis resistance is the building up of a sound financial position. A sound financial position of...

Emerging countries in many cases are more crisis-prone than highly developed industrialized countries. This is in many cases due to a weak or volatile financial sector. The best policy to strengthen crisis resistance is the building up of a sound financial position. A sound financial position of...

Emerging countries in many cases are more crisis-prone than highly developed industrialized countries. This is in many cases due to a weak or volatile financial sector. The best policy to strengthen crisis resistance is the building up of a sound financial position. A sound financial position of...

Expectations are highly relevant for macroeconomic dynamics. Yet, the empirical evidence about properties of corporate macroeconomic expectations is scarce. Using new survey data on quantitative growth expectations of firms in Germany, we show that expectations are highly dispersed. The degree...

This paper presents a coincident and a leading composite monthly indicator for the world business cycle - the Global Economic Barometers. Both target the world’s output growth rate cycle. The calculation of these indicators comprises two main stages. The first consists of a variable selection...

Expectations are highly relevant for macroeconomic dynamics. Yet, the empirical evidence about properties of corporate macroeconomic expectations is scarce. Using new survey data on quantitative growth expectations of firms in Germany, we show that expectations are highly dispersed. The degree...

Investitionen haben eine wichtige Rolle für das wirtschaftliche Wachstum einer Volkswirtschaft. Detaillierte Untersuchungen der Investitionstätigkeit von Wirtschaftszweigen liefern daher wesentliche Einblicke in wirtschaftliche Entwicklungstendenzen und helfen, Verschiebungen in der Bedeutung...

Investitionen haben eine wichtige Rolle für das wirtschaftliche Wachstum einer Volkswirtschaft. Detaillierte Untersuchungen der Investitionstätigkeit von Wirtschaftszweigen liefern daher wesentliche Einblicke in wirtschaftliche Entwicklungstendenzen und helfen, Verschiebungen in der Bedeutung...