ECLAC and Argentine Province of Santa Fe Developed New Economic Activity Index

A statistical and econometric instrument to measure a province's economic activity simply and in real time has been developed by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in conjunction with the Secretariat for Planning and Economic Policy of the Province of Santa Fe in Argentina and the Provincial Institute of Statistics and Censuses (IPEC). The Synthetic Index of Provincial Economic Activity (ISAE), created as part of the Programme of Technical Assistance to Provinces by the ECLAC Office in Buenos Aires, will provide information for diagnostics and the pl…