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In-sample or out-of-sample tests of predictability: which one should we use?

Inoue, Atsushi; Kilian, Lutz - European Central Bank - 2002

It is widely known that significant in-sample evidence of predictability does not garantuee significant out-of-sample predictability. This is often interpreted as an indiciation that in-sample evidence is likely to be spurious and should be discounted. In this paper we question this conventional...

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Detecting and interpreting financial stress in the euro area

Blix Grimaldi, Marianna - European Central Bank - 2010

There is a need to find better models and indicators for large disruptive events, not least in order to be more prepared and mitigate their effects. In this paper we take a step in this direction and discuss the performance of a financial stress indicator with a specific focus on the euro area....

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Predicting recessions and recoveries in real time: The euro area-wide leading indicator (ALI)

de Bondt, Gabe; Hahn, Elke - European Central Bank - 2010

This study develops a new monthly euro Area‐wide Leading Indicator (ALI) for the euro area business cycle. It derives the composite ALI by applying a deviation cycle methodology with a one‐sided band pass filter and choosing nine leading series. Our main findings are that i) the applied...

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Leading indicators in a globalised world

Fichtner, Ferdinand; Rüffer, Rasmus; Schnatz, Bernd - European Central Bank - 2009

find evidence that the CLI encompasses useful information for forecasting industrial production, particularly over horizons …

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The role of country-specific trade and survey data in forecasting euro area manufacturing production: perspective from large panel factor models

Darracq Pariès, Matthieu; Maurin, Laurent - European Central Bank - 2008

forecasting euro area manufacturing production. Following Boivin and Ng (2006), the emphasis is put on the role of dataset …

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Should quarterly government finance statistics be used for fiscal surveillane in Europe?

Pedregal, Diego J.; Pérez, Javier J. - European Central Bank - 2008

content and its potential use for fiscal forecasting and monitoring purposes. The models are estimated with annual and …

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Short-term forecasts of euro area real GDP growth: an assessment of real-time performance based on vintage data

Diron, Marie - European Central Bank - 2006

Economic policy makers, international organisations and private-sector forecasters commonly use short-term forecasts of real GDP growth based on monthly indicators, such as industrial production, retail sales and confidence surveys. An assessment of the reliability of such tools and of the...

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Measuring monetary policy expectations from financial market instruments

Joyce, Michael; Relleen, Jonathan; Sorensen, Steffen - European Central Bank - 2008

This paper reviews the main instruments and associated yield curves that can be used to measure financial market participants’ expectations of future UK monetary policy rates. We attempt to evaluate these instruments and curves in terms of their ability to forecast policy rates over the period...

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Short-term forecasting of the Japanese economy using factor models

Godbout, Claudia; Lombardi, Marco J. - European Central Bank - 2012

forecasting power of these models for the Japanese economy. In this paper, we aim at assessing the relative performance of factor …. For most of the components, we report that factor models yield lower forecasting errors than a simple AR process or an … improvements in terms of forecasting accuracy are found for more volatile periods, such as the recent financial crisis. However …

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Understanding and forecasting aggregate and disaggregate price dynamics

Bermingham, Colin; D’Agostino, Antonello - European Central Bank - 2011

The issue of forecast aggregation is to determine whether it is better to forecast a series directly or instead construct forecasts of its components and then sum these component forecasts. Notwithstanding some underlying theoretical results, it is generally accepted that forecast aggregation is...

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