Abstract
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) is one of the key variables to which economists pay considerable attention for assessing US economic activities, particularly, business conditions in the manufacturing sector, Although the PMI has been used to assess the US economy, there is hardly any attempt to evaluate the directional accuracy of the PMI to predict the direction of change in the index of industrial production (IP) and Gross Domestic Production (GDP). We present evidence that the PMI is a useful predictor of the direction of change in the IP, particularly in the recent decade.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1302-1311 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Economics Bulletin |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 Dec 1 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)