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pools, and use it to investigate the relative forecasting performance of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE …
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We reassess the predictability of U.S. recessions at horizons from three months to two years ahead for a large number of previously proposed leading-indicator variables. We employ an efficient probit estimator for partially missing data and assess relative model performance based on the receiver...
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We study the term structure of disagreement of professional forecasters for key macroeconomic variables. We document a novel set of facts: 1) forecasters disagree at all horizons, including the very long run; 2) the shape of the term structure of disagreement differs markedly across variables:...
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The U.S. business cycle expansion that started in March 1991 is the longest on record. This paper uses statistical techniques to examine whether this expansion is a onetime unique event or whether its length is a result of a change in the stability of the U.S. economy. Bayesian methods are used...
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This paper revisits inflation forecasting using reduced-form Phillips curve forecasts, that is, inflation forecasts … evidence of autonomous variance breaks and inflation gap persistence. Through a real-time out-of-sample forecasting exercise … quarterly inflation relative to an extended range of forecasting models that are typically used in the literature. …
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partial least squares (PLS) regression to extract dynamic factors from the data set. Our forecasting analysis considers ten …
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Using the panel component of the Michigan Survey of Consumers, we show that individuals, in particular women and ethnic minorities, are highly heterogeneous in their expectations of inflation. We estimate a model of inflation expectations based on learning from experience that also allows for...
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Remarks at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Annual U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, New York City.
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Remarks at The Economic Club of New York, New York City.
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One of the most robust stylized facts in macroeconomics is the forecasting power of the term spread for future real … activity. The economic rationale for this forecasting power usually appeals to expectations of future interest rates, which … affect the slope of the term structure. In this paper, we propose a possible causal mechanism for the forecasting power of …
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