predict the dynamics of home rents and prices in the nearest future. In this paper, we evaluate the forecasting ability of 115 … the forecasts, given the local nature of real-estate markets. The forecast accuracy of different predictors is tested in a … framework of a quasi out-of-sample forecasting. Its results are quite heterogeneous. No single indicator appears to dominate all …

We investigate the predictive power of several leading indicators in order to forecast industrial production in Germany … indicators. We show that the best set of predictors, within and between categories, changes over time and depends on the forecast …