dollarization period, 2009 to 2018, and measured its correlation with economic activity. The aim of the MCI is to inform monetary … between interest rates and exchange rates in determining economic activity in Zimbabwe. The constructed MCI captured the … interplay between these two key variables and the study established its relationship with economic activity. On this basis, the …

proposed framework is used to analyse five annual US Real Economic Activity series (Employees, Energy, Industrial Production … behaviour. The results indicate that economic activity in the US is highly persistent and is also characterised by cycles with a …

This paper studies the influence of external financial factors on economic activity in emerging economies (EMEs … of corporate bonds issued in foreign capital markets, and its relationship with economic activity is examined. Results … show that the indicator has considerable predictive power on future economic activity. Furthermore, an identified adverse …