ECRI Resources
Our solutions make extensive use of a number of resources to provide our clients with the most timely and accurate planning and forecasting capabilities. These resources include:
International Cycle Dates
ECRI has established reference cycle chronologies for 20 economies based on the same methodology used to establish the official business cycle dates for the United States. In addition, growth rate cycle chronologies, delineating periods of cyclical upswings and downswings in growth, are also presented for all countries.
Recession Recovery Watch
Critical cyclical guidance that helps you avoid being blindsided by shifts in economic conditions. The U.S. Weekly Leading Index has been publicly available for over a quarter century, and its real-time record that spans three recessions speaks for itself.
JoC-ECRI Industrial Price Index
This annual subscription service provides daily updates and the full history for the JoC-ECRI Industrial Price Index including four sub-indexes. Data may be easily charted online or downloaded by subscriberes.
Forecast Reports
These reports are exclusively available to Professional subscribers and present ECRI's interpretation of our proprietary data and how it relates with other information being considered by decision makers as they assess the outlook for growth and inflation.
Focus Reports
Focus Reports are selected reproductions of the "Focus" sections of our reports to Professional subscribers. These in-depth reports are where we bring our cyclical research skills to bear on topical issues.
Indexes
ECRI maintains well over 100 Proprietary indexes for 20 major economies. These indexes form the foundation for our cyclical analysis and forecasting and are available to Professional subscribers.
Academic Papers
Our researchers have written hundreds of papers over the decades, many of which are unavailable in an electronic format.
Books
ECRI has published a number of books that provide additional background on the tools and techniques of economic forecasting.