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The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the lead-lag relations between business cycles and the “Revenues of the 14 wholesale trades” published by Department of Statistics, Ministry of Economic Affairs. The sample period covers from Jan 1999 to Dec 2016, totaling 216 months. The findings are presented as follows. First, the “Wholesale of Fabrics and Clothing Accessories” and “Wholesale of Agricultural Raw Materials and Live Animals”, reaching their peaks before other wholesale trades around the peaks of economy and stock index, may serve as a leading indicator. Second, the “Wholesale of Pharmaceutical, Medical Goods and Cosmetics” and “Wholesale of Food, Beverages and Tobacco”, reaching their lows before other wholesale trades around the lows of economy and stock index, may serve as a leading indicator. Finally, the fluctuation is smaller for wholesale trades associated with daily necessity items than for those involving raw materials. |