Dissecting the purchasing managers’ index: Are all relevant components included? Are all included components relevant?

In this paper we scrutinise the composition of one of the most renowned economic indicators that is regularly released for more than 30 countries and regions. The composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) is constructed by pooling several survey based sub-components with certain fixed weights. Its...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siliverstovs Boriss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Economists' Association of Vojvodina 2018-01-01
Series:Panoeconomicus
Subjects:
PMI
Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1452-595X/2018/1452-595X1800014S.pdf