Economy in the public conversation.
Explore Media Tenor publications and commentary through this research theme.
Study
2015-02-20
DIW and the Economic Think Tank Award 2015
A historical award examining the visibility and breadth of economic expertise.
Study
2015-02-20
Goldman Sachs and the Financial Expert Award 2015
A historical award concerning financial expertise in the news.
Study
2026-05-28
Digitalisation: Different reputational narratives for technology companies
A historical analysis of technology-sector images in the public conversation.
Scientific contribution
2024-12-01
Nowcasting German GDP with Text Data
A scientific reference on using text information in short-term economic assessment.
Scientific contribution
2019-01-01
Media Reporting and Business Cycles: Empirical Evidence Based on News Data
A scientific reference connecting news data with business-cycle research.
Scientific contribution
2013-08-12
Household Inflation Disagreement and Socioeconomic Media Exposure
A scientific reference on household expectations and differences in media exposure.
Report
Economy Report 2026
Gold sentiment in analyst commentary
A 15-page report tracking gold narratives in quoted financial analyst commentary from 2012 to 2026.
Report
Economy Report 2026
US dollar sentiment in analyst commentary
A 16-page analysis of US dollar narratives, with quarterly comparisons through Q3 2026.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
Do media data help to predict German industrial production?
K. A. Kholodilin, T. Thomas and D. Ulbricht examine media data and industrial production.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
Good news and bad news: evidence of media bias in unemployment reports
Reporting on unemployment and the question of media bias.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
TV Media Sentiment, Mutual Fund Flows and Investment Decisions: They Don’t Put Their Money Where Their Sentiment Is
Financial reporting, sentiment and investment behaviour.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
Interest Rate Expectations in the Media and Central Bank Communication
Media expectations and central bank communication.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
Good News, Bad News, No News: The Media and the Cross Section of Stock Returns
Research at the intersection of coverage and financial markets.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
Asymmetric Perceptions of the Economy: Media, Firms, Consumers, and Experts
A study comparing economic perceptions across media, companies, consumers and experts.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
The dynamics of households’ stock market beliefs
A scientific reference on how households’ beliefs about stock markets change over time.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
Stability of risk attitudes and media coverage of economic news
A scientific reference linking economic news coverage with the stability of risk attitudes.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
Does central bank communication really lead to better forecasts of policy decisions?
A scientific reference on central-bank communication and forecasts of policy decisions.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
The High-Frequency Response of the EUR-USD Exchange Rate to ECB Communication
A scientific reference on short-interval EUR–USD movements around ECB communication.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
The Role of Media for Inflation Forecast Disagreement of Households and Professional Forecasters
A scientific reference on disagreement between household and professional inflation forecasts.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
Job Insecurity Perceptions and Media Coverage of Labor Market Policy
A scientific reference on job insecurity and reporting of labour-market policy.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
Unemployment Expectations, Excessive Pessimism, and News Coverage. Journal of Economic Psychology
A scientific reference examining pessimism, unemployment expectations and news.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
Labour Market Segmentation: Standard and Non-Standard Employment in Germany
A scientific reference comparing standard and non-standard employment in Germany.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
Updating Inflation Expectations: Evidence from Micro Data
A scientific reference on how people revise inflation expectations using microdata.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
Inflation perceptions and expectations in Sweden – Are media reports the missing link?
Lena Dräger’s study examines actual, perceived and expected inflation in Sweden.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
What follows what? Relations between economic indicators, economic expectations of the public, and news on the general economy and unemployment in Germany 2002–2011
A scientific reference on the sequence of economic news, indicators and public expectations in Germany.
Scientific contribution
2023-09-06
Patterns of Panic: Financial Crisis Language in Historical Newspapers
A scientific reference on language used during financial crises in historical newspapers.
Commentary
2020-10-13
Caring About Solutions: Economist Dennis Snower turns 70
A profile of economist Dennis Snower’s contribution to constructive public debate.
Commentary
2016-08-08
Gold consistently outperforms other commodities
A historical analysis of gold’s relative position in financial analyst commentary.
Commentary
2016-05-21
Some opportunity for those who act now amidst insurance industry risks
A 2016 study of financial analysts’ commentary on insurance-sector risk and opportunity.
Commentary
Economy Commentary 18 August 2026
Economic coverage and the business outlook
Media Tenor compares economic reporting with the ifo Business Climate Index.