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This paper uses a set of routinely collected high-frequency data in low-income countries (LICs) to construct an aggregate and a comprehensive index of economic activity which could serve (i) as a measure of the direction of economic activity; and (ii) as a useful input in analyzing contemporaneous real sector performance in LICs in the absence of high-frequency, and often outdated, GDP data. It could also serve as a useful tool for policymakers to gauge short-term dynamics of economic activity and shape appropriate and timely policy responses.

Economic indicators --- Business cycles --- Gross domestic product --- Econometric models. --- Africa, Sub-Saharan --- Economic conditions. --- Domestic product, Gross --- GDP --- Gross national product --- Economic cycles --- Economic fluctuations --- Cycles --- Business indicators --- Indicators, Business --- Indicators, Economic --- Leading indicators --- Economic history --- Quality of life --- Economic forecasting --- Index numbers (Economics) --- Social indicators --- Exports and Imports --- Investments: General --- Money and Monetary Policy --- International Investment --- Long-term Capital Movements --- Current Account Adjustment --- Short-term Capital Movements --- Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General --- Trade: General --- Investment --- Capital --- Intangible Capital --- Capacity --- International economics --- Monetary economics --- Macroeconomics --- Capital inflows --- Domestic credit --- Exports --- Return on investment --- Export performance --- Balance of payments --- Money --- International trade --- National accounts --- Capital movements --- Credit --- Saving and investment --- Inflation --- Taxation --- Mathematical Methods --- Methodological Issues: General --- Computational Techniques --- Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth --- Environmental Accounts --- Business Fluctuations --- Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: General (includes Measurement and Data) --- Business Taxes and Subsidies --- Labor Economics: General --- Price Level --- Deflation --- Economic growth --- Public finance & taxation --- Labour --- income economics --- Cyclical indicators --- Value-added tax --- Labor --- Taxes --- Prices --- Spendings tax --- Labor economics --- United States --- Botswana --- Income economics