variables. Hence, both the fiscal and the monetary authorities have developed aggregate forecasting models, along the lines … over-fit in sample, we assess their performance in a real time forecasting framework. It turns out that for several … forecasting and modeling EMU variables. …

expectations and long-term interest rates to a same-sized monetary policy shock has decreased since the early-1980s. …

for forecasting GDP growth at short-term horizons in the euro area. We discuss three sets of empirical results. First we … forecast revisions. Third we design a pseudo out of sample forecasting exercise and examine point and density forecast accuracy …