Purchasing and supply managers provide early clues on the direction of the US economy: An application of a new market-timing test

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 599-618

  Tsuchiya, Yoichi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Directional analysis; Institute for Supply Management; Nonmanufacturing index; Purchasing Managers' Index; Survey data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888299356     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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