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forecasting solutions. In this context, the paper develops new forecasting methods for an old problem by employing 13 machine …
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which are typically followed by deeper recessions and slower recoveries. Housing finance has come to play a central role in …
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I estimate a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model for the United States that incorporates oil market shocks and risk shocks working through credit market frictions. The findings of this analysis indicate that risk shocks play a crucial role during the Great Recession and the...
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pools, and use it to investigate the relative forecasting performance of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE …
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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 have constructed a financial conditions index for Norway (FCIN). The FCIN offers a daily update on Norwegian financial conditions based on data from January 2003 on bank lending rates, bond spreads, the foreign exchange market, the stock market and the housing market. The index is constructed...
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This paper develops a financial stress index for the United States, the Cleveland Financial Stress Index (CFSI), which provides a continuous signal of financial stress and broad coverage of the areas that could indicate it. The index is based on daily public-market data collected from four...
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This paper describes a financial stress index for the United States, the CFSI, which provides a continuous signal of financial stress and broad coverage of the areas that could indicate it. The index is based on daily public market data collected from four sectors of the financial markets –...
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This paper reconsiders the role of macroeconomic shocks and policies in determining the Great Recession and the subsequent recovery in the US. The Great Recession was mainly caused by a large demand shock and by the ZLB on the interest rate policy. In contrast with previous findings, the...
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This paper studies the role of confidence in the transmission of uncertainty shocks during U.S. recessions. I use … isolate the role of confidence when the economy is in different regimes, recessions and non-recessions. I find that shutting … recessions. I also find that the cross-regime difference in the role of confidence can largely explain the cross-regime short …
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