We examine two measures of monthly manufacturing production. The first is the index of industrial production; the second is constructed from the accounting identity that output equals sales plus the change in inventories. We show that the means, variances, and serial correlation coefficients of...

Several factor-based models are estimated to investigate the role of country-specific trade and survey data in forecasting euro area manufacturing production. Following Boivin and Ng (2006), the emphasis is put on the role of dataset selection on the empirical performance of factor models....

We develop a model for decomposing the covariance structure of panel data on firms into a part due to permanent heterogeneity, a part due to differential histories with unknown ages, and a part due to the evolution of economic shocks to the firm. Our model allows for the endogenous death of...

This paper documents the industry classification variables in the anonymized tax microdata available for research at the National Treasury Secure Data Facility in Pretoria. It discusses how the variables in the data are related to the raw records captured in various tax forms and outlines the...

Key macro indicators such as output, productivity, and inflation are based on a complex system across multiple statistical agencies using different samples and different levels of aggregation. The Census Bureau collects nominal sales, the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects prices, and the...

Key macro indicators such as output, productivity, and inflation are based on a complex system across multiple statistical agencies using different samples and different levels of aggregation. The Census Bureau collects nominal sales, the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects prices, and the...

Key macro indicators such as output, productivity, and inflation are based on a complex system across multiple statistical agencies using different samples and different levels of aggregation. The Census Bureau collects nominal sales, the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects prices, and the...

Russia's manufacturing sector was stagnant in late 2018; both state-supported industries and industries that profited from a positive global trend were on the rise. Data for early 2019 show growth in most of the manufacturing industries. Barring some industries (e.g., food and chemical industries...

A unique and comprehensive source of information, this book is the only international publication providing economists, planners, policymakers and business people with worldwide statistics on current performance and trends in the manufacturing sector. The Yearbook is designed to facilitate...

Im Rahmen verschiedener Erhebungen im Projekt Rohstoffmonitoring Holz wurden stets höhere Produktionsmengen von Schnittholz festgestellt, als in der amtlichen Produktionsstatistik. Grundsätzlich ist ein Teil der Abweichung der Abschneidegrenze des Statistischen Bundesamtes zuzurechnen, wonach...

Im Rahmen verschiedener Erhebungen im Projekt Rohstoffmonitoring Holz wurden stets höhere Produktionsmengen von Schnittholz festgestellt, als in der amtlichen Produktionsstatistik. Grundsätzlich ist ein Teil der Abweichung der Abschneidegrenze des Statistischen Bundesamtes zuzurechnen, wonach...

The latest firm survey of Mozambique, the Inquerito ás Indústrias Manufactureiras (IIM) 2017, draws a concerning picture of the manufacturing sector. However, it is not obvious whether this is true for the population of manufacturing firms in Mozambique, as the representativeness of the IIM...

We give complete algorithms and source code for constructing (multilevel) statistical industry classifications, including methods for fixing the number of clusters at each level (and the number of levels). Under the hood there are clustering algorithms (e.g., k-means). However, what should we...

We provide complete source code for building a fundamental industry classification based on publically available and freely downloadable data. We compare various fundamental industry classifications by running a horserace of short-horizon trading signals (alphas) utilizing open source heterotic...

Die Schweiz passte ihre nationale Buchhaltung vergleichsweise spät an internationale Standards an, als sie 1997 die europäische Version des System of National Accounts einführte. Grund für die verzögerte Übernahme des standardisierten Kontensystems war neben Problemen bei der einkommens-...