This paper examines the usefulness of the Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) in predicting CPI rent inflation. Using data from February 2015 to October 2023, we demonstrate that while ZORI provides valuable insights into future movements in CPI rent inflation, its effectiveness is limited to...

This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the Greek retail sector's financial landscape from 2015 to 2021, examining seven distinct subsectors. Employing rigorous financial ratio analysis and correlating results with macroeconomic indicators, the research reveals nuanced patterns in...

Tracking the progress of countries in inclusive green growth (IGG) is crucial for shaping effective sustainable development policies. However, comprehensive IGG data is often inaccessible. Accordingly, rigorous empirical contributions in this direction in the context of Africa remain sparse. To...

To identify sectors in Croatia that are particularly sensitive to the European Union's measures for transitioning to a low-carbon economy, this paper analyses data from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on greenhouse gas emissions. The aim is to identify the...

Inflation, exchange rate and gross domestic product (GDP) are critical variables to macroeconomic stability. For a small economy like Zambia, it is imperative for central authorities to establish the size and degree of the exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) to domestic prices and output as they...

We consider the randomness of values and volumes of market deals as a major factor that describes lower bounds of uncertainty and upper limits on the accuracy of the forecasts of macroeconomic variables, prices, and returns. We introduce random macroeconomic variables, whose average values...

There are eight inseparable storylines about the role of science and learning for both democracy and its governance. National statistics originated around 1890 from political economy and the management of the state (Dutch “staathuishoudkunde”). National economic planning evolved decades...

Evaluating the current state of the business cycle is of crucial importance to policymakers for making effective decisions. However, economic data are often noisy and available with a substantial lag. Determining the underlying state of an economy is thus very difficult in practice as...

In today's world, geopolitics is leading the decisions, generating opportunities in a more inclusive globalization for many countries, while at the same time giving rise to a more fragmented economy, with fewer common rules of the game. Therefore, we are witnessing a series of overlapping crises...

In 2023, like most of the economies in its environment, the Galician economy experienced a significant slowdown in its growth rate. Thus, Galician GDP grew by 1.8%, seven-tenths less than in Spain, this growth being not only higher than the European average and the Eurozone but also higher than...