Publication Rebasing the short-term indices for the construction industry to the year 2015

As of reference month September 2018 or the third reference quarter of 2018, the base year of the short-term indices for the construction industry has been moved from 2010 to 2015 as part of the regular rebasing procedure. Regarding the indices of turnover and persons employed in the construction industry, the reference variable of the indices was rebased on the new base year. For the indices of new orders and the stock of orders, the index weights were updated as well. This article describes the indices and the rebasing procedures.

Authors: Jens Dechent, Ingo Wagner, Dr. Stefan Linz

Article published in "WISTA – Scientific Journal", 2-2019