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1University of Basel, Faculty of Business and Economics (WWZ) and Center for Innovative Finance (CIF), CH-4002, Basel, Switzerland.
Abstract:
The partial shutdown of the economy following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the lack of measurements of economic activity that are available with a short lag and at high frequency. The consumption of electricity turns out to be a valuable proxy, if it is corrected for influences from calendar and weather. Indeed, this proxy suggests that we are currently facing one of the deepest recessions ever.
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