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Measuring business cycle conditions in India

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  • Pandey, Radhika

    (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy)

  • Patnaik, Ila

    (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy)

  • Shah, Ajay

    (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy)

Abstract

We develop a measure of business cycle conditions at a quarterly frequency { the coincident indicator { that better utilises the limited data resources available in India. The new indicator has a historical time series from 1999 onwards. The methods used here feature numerous improvements upon previous work in the field.

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  • Pandey, Radhika & Patnaik, Ila & Shah, Ajay, 2019. "Measuring business cycle conditions in India," Working Papers 19/269, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
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