Long abstract

Recent Efforts to Meet Composite Leading Indicator User Needs.

This paper aims to provide information on the recent developments within STD regarding the expectations of users of the OECD system of CLIs. For the past 2 years, STD has received more than 100 questions, requests or suggestions from users, or potential users, of CLIs in a variety of institutions, including national banks, national statistical offices, universities and economic services. It should be emphasised that this is not the result of a user survey but voluntary feedback from users, Even given this limitation, the feedback provided by CLI users still gives valuable insight on how CLIs are used, by whom and where changes in the OECD methodology should be incorporated, in particular, those which will expand the use of the CLI by both OECD internal and external users.

Visualize business cycles

with the OECD business cycle clock

The aim of this Journal is the exchange of knowledge and information on the theory and operation of business and economic cycle research.

OECD - CIRET Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis (JBCMA)

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This is a practical manual on the design and implementation of business tendency surveys, on the interpretation of the results from such surveys and on their use for economic analysis and forecasting.

Business Tendency Surveys: A Handbook

MEI data on IMF Data Mapper®

The Joint IMF-OECD Statistics dataset combines selected data from IMF and OECD Main Economic Indicators (MEI) to provide data on a global scale for some key economic variables.

IMF Data Mapper®