This study examines the forecasting power of confidence indicators for the Russian economy. ARX models are fitted to … the six confidence or composite indicators, which were then compared to a simple benchmark AR-model. The study used the … output of the five main branches as the reference series. Empirical evidence suggests that confidence indicators do have …

This study examines the contribution of several survey indicators published by the European Commission to forecasting …

In this paper, we evaluate the forecasting ability of 115 indicators to predict the housing prices and rents in 71 … German cities. Above all, we are interested in whether the local business confidence indicators can allow substantially … tested in a framework of a quasi out-of-sample forecasting. Its results are quite heterogeneous. No single indicator appears …

, HSAF. By comparing it with the HSAF approach, we give evidence to show that EDFAAF has a more effective forecasting power …

In this paper we investigate the impact of data revisions on forecasting and model selection procedures. A linear ARMA … real-time monetary aggregate M3 (1977-2000), and residential mortgage credit (1975-1998). The forecasting method we use is … multi-step-ahead non-adaptive forecasting. …

provides an appropriate tool for forecasting Chinese business conditions. …

provides an appropriate tool for forecasting Chinese business conditions. …