Is the purchasing managers' index useful for assessing the economy's strength? A directional analysis

Economics Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1302-1311

  Tsuchiya, Yoichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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