We show in the paper that the decomposition proposed by Beveridge and Nelson (1981) for models that are integrated of order one can be generalized to seasonal Arima models by means of a partial fraction decomposition. Two equivalent algorithms are proposed to optimally (in the mean squared...

The efficient market hypothesis implies that asset prices cannot be cointegrated. On the other hand, arbitrage processes prevent prices of fundamentally related assets from drifting far away. An attractive model that reconciles these two conflicting facts is the nonlinear error correction...

In this paper we decompose the Serial Correlation Common Feature (SCCF) of Engle and Kozicki (1993) in the frequency domain. A collection of time series is said to share a common cycle if there exists a linear combination of the predicted series with a zero spectral density at some frequency....

To assess the predictive content of the interest rate term spread for future economic growth, we distinguish short-run from long-run predictability by using two different approaches. First, following Dufour and Renault (1998) a test procedure is proposed to test for causality at different...

Die deutsche Konjunktur hat sich abgekühlt. Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt wird in diesem Jahr voraussichtlich um 1,3 Prozent steigen. Das 68-Prozent-Prognoseintervall reicht dabei von 1,1 bis 1,5 Prozent. Vor allem die schwächere Weltkonjunktur und eine verhaltene Investitionstätigkeit im Inland...

Die deutsche Wirtschaft befindet sich im Frühjahr 2014 im Aufschwung. Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt wird in diesem Jahr voraussichtlich um 1,9 Prozent steigen. Das 68-Prozent-Prognoseintervall reicht dabei von 1,2 Prozent bis 2,6 Prozent. Treibende Kraft ist die Binnennachfrage. Der Anstieg der...