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Jan P.A.M. Jacobs (University of Groningen, CAMA, CIRANO)
Sturm Jan-Egbert () (KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland and CESifo, Germany)

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This paper analyses revisions of Swiss current account data, taking into account the actual data revision process and the implied types of revisions. In addition we investigate whether the first release of current account data can be improved upon by the use of survey re- sults as gathered by the KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich. An answer in the affirmative indicates that it is possible to improve first releases and thereby enhance the current assessment of the Swiss economy.

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Paper provided by KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich in its series KOF Working papers with number 08-202.

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Date of creation: Jul 2008
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Keywords: current account statistics; real-time analysis; data revisions;

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