Mandatory course for Bachelor-students in Mathematical Methods of Economics, furthermore free choice for Diplom-students (Masters) of Mathematics, Informatics in Economics, and other disciplines. The course deals with statistical methods for aggregate economic data and for data drawn from censuses and surveys. The starting point is the microfoundation of economic processes based on an informational approach. The course sheds light on methods how data bases are constructed, and discusses the significance of such data in econometric analysis and economic forecast.
Descriptive analysis of macro and micro data, their sources, aggregate economic statistics, business cycle statistics, price statistics, construction of quotas and indices together with their properties, consumer price indices based on commodity bundles, capital stock data, econometric models to investigate census- and survey data, introduction into economic forecasting, with nationwide and regional data.
