Learning About Consumer Uncertainty from Qualitative Surveys: As Uncertain As Ever
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Keywords
Economic Uncertainty; Qualitative Data; Diffusion Index;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C18 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Methodolical Issues: General
- C46 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Specific Distributions
- C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
- D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
- E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- E66 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - General Outlook and Conditions
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2015-09-11 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-MAC-2015-09-11 (Macroeconomics)
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