Business Cycles Indicators and Short-term Forecasts of Polish Industry Production Index
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https://doi.org/10.12775/OeC.2013.023Keywords:
business cycle indicators, short-term forecast, industrial productionAbstract
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact of using popular business cycle indicators on the forecasts of industry production index. Research is conducted on Polish economy, by using methodology proposed by M. Klein.
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