The Use of Survey Data in Economic Barometers for Poland

• Authors: Matkowski Zbigniew
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this paper is to show the applicability of survey data in macroeconomic appraisals and forecasts pertaining to the general course of business in the national economy of Poland. Section 2 describes the application of certain survey data to a composite leading indicator (CLI), based on quantitative and qualitative data. Section 3 presents alternative variants of an economic sentiment indicator (ESI) for the Polish economy, based exclusively (or predominantly) on survey data. Section4 brings some conclusions.

Keywords

EN

Business trends, Business cycles, Synthetic indicator of economic activity

PL

Koniunktura gospodarcza, Cykl koniunkturalny, Syntetyczny wskaźnik aktywności gospodarczej

• Publisher: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
• Journal: Prace i Materiały Instytutu Rozwoju Gospodarczego SGH
• Year: 1999
• Volume: 64
• Pages: 303-318

Contributors

author

Matkowski Zbigniew

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