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A primer on short-term linkages between key economic data series

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Why do analysts look at economic data? The simple answer is that investors and planners must look ahead, and economic data help them forecast. If there is new information on the economy, on demand, on profit potential, or on prices, among other factors, then the underlying value of financial and real investments may shift, leading to changes in financial values as well as business investment projections and plans. ; There are a number of time horizons relevant to how analysts evaluate economic data and use them for forecasting. The evaluation of various longer-run fundamentals often begins with examining short-run relationships among economic variables. This article is a brief guide to some of the well-known short-term relationships between economic data series upon which many analysts focus. It explains how analysts use data in concurrent month forecasts and what some key relationships are, outlines the monthly calendar of economic releases, and reports on typical lags between various dependent and explanatory variables. The article attempts to clarify how analysts carry information from one economic release into their view of the strength of other economic indicators.

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  • R. Mark Rogers, 1998. "A primer on short-term linkages between key economic data series," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, vol. 83(Q 2), pages 40-54.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedaer:y:1998:i:q2:p:40-54:n:v.83no.2
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    1. R. Mark Rogers, 1988. "F.Y.I. improving monthly models for economic indicators: the example of an improved CPI model," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, issue Sep, pages 34-50.
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    1. Evan F. Koenig & Sheila Dolmas & Jeremy Piger, 2003. "The Use and Abuse of Real-Time Data in Economic Forecasting," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 85(3), pages 618-628, August.
    2. Yusuf V. Topuz & Hassan Yazdifar & Sunil Sahadev, 2018. "The relation between the producer and consumer price indices: a two-country study," Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 17(3), pages 122-130, June.
    3. Gómez Aguirre Mario & Lenin Navarro Chávez José César, 2014. "Relación de causalidad entre el índice de precios del productor y el índice de precios del consumidor incorporando cambios estructurales. El caso de México," Contaduría y Administración, Accounting and Management, vol. 59(2), pages 179-196, abril-jun.
    4. Ülke, Volkan & Ergun, Ugur, 2013. "The Relationship between Consumer Price and Producer Price Indices in Turkey," MPRA Paper 59437, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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