The CBI Suite of Business Surveys

Kevin Lee (), Michael Mahony () and Paul Mizen

No ESCOE-TR-08, Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) Technical Reports from Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: survey data; expectations; output; capacity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C80 E32 E71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-08
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