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Business Survey Data

Description

In order to anticipate movements of the GDP growth rate the Swiss Institute of Business Cycle Research (KOF-ETH) conducts a survey based on a panel comprising around 7000 companies (manufacturing, construction, retail, hotel, catering, wholesale, banks). The questionnaire can be viewed at http://survey.kof.ethz.ch. The Business Survey Data that are provided here are a selection of the sample which is used for construction of the leading indicator (KOF-Konjunkturbarometer).

Usage

data(x)

Format

It is a named numerical vector, where the names describe the time of measurement.

Source

Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research

References

Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research, WEH D4, CH-8092 Z"urich. Contact person: Richard Etter, <ind@kof.ethz.ch>. See also http://www.kof.ethz.ch/.

Examples

data(x)
str(x)

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