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The CBI Suite of Business Surveys

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  • Kevin Lee
  • Michael Mahony

  • Paul Mizen

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This paper provides an overview of the data sample, structure and uses of the data collected monthly since 2000 through the CBI’s suite of business surveys. The surveys gather information from thousands of firms on various economic outcomes, both retrospectively and in expectation, and provide a rich source of real-time information on the state of the economy. This paper describes the questions posed, the sample frame – including details on the number and participation rates of respondents – the characteristics of the firm participants and a summary of the properties of the data relating to some key business cycle features, namely, movements in output, investment, capacity, and inventories.

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  • Kevin Lee & Michael Mahony & Paul Mizen, 2020. "The CBI Suite of Business Surveys," Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) Technical Reports ESCOE-TR-08, Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE).
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    • C80 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - General
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • E71 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on the Macro Economy

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