Our aim is to develop a temporal aggregation ARIMA model to monitor and forecast the annual Spanish central government deficit in order to detect in advance a possible deterioration of the annual public sector balance, using monthly data. We compare the predictive performance of the proposed...

The evolution of Regional and Local governments’ spending in Spain is currently under close scrutiny by national and international investors and analysts, international organizations and rating agencies. Indeed, some 50% of general government spending and some 70% of public employment are...