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The Chicago Fed Survey of Business Conditions: Quantifying the Seventh District’s Beige Book Report

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  • Jacob Berman
  • Scott Brave
  • Thomas Walstrum

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In this article, the authors describe a new survey methodology used by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in constructing the Seventh District?s Beige Book report called the Chicago Fed Survey of Business Conditions (CFSBC). The design of the survey allows the authors to create a new set of quantitative indexes that track economic activity in real time.

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  • Jacob Berman & Scott Brave & Thomas Walstrum, 2015. "The Chicago Fed Survey of Business Conditions: Quantifying the Seventh District’s Beige Book Report," Economic Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, issue Q III.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedhep:00015
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    1. Pedro Elosegui & Mirta González & María Cecilia Pérez & Máximo Sangiácomo, 2022. "A Diffusion Index Analysis of the Argentinean Business Economic Cycle During the COVID-19 Pandemic," BCRA Working Paper Series 2022105, Central Bank of Argentina, Economic Research Department.
    2. Jesus Cañas & Amy Jordan, 2018. "Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey: Survey Methodology and Performance," Working Papers 1807, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

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    Beige book; Seventh District;

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