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We propose a model to compute short-term forecasts of the Euro area GDP growth in real-time. To allow for forecast evaluation, we construct a real-time data set that changes for each vintage date and includes the exact information that was available at the time of each forecast. In this context,...

Incluye bibliografía ; We develop a twofold analysis of how the information provided by several economic indicators can be used in Markov-switching dynamic factor models to identify the business cycle turning points. First, we compare the performance of a fully non-linear multivariate specifi...

Incluye bibliografía ; We propose a fundamentals-based econometric model for the weekly changes in the euro-dollar rate with the distinctive feature of mixing economic variables quoted at different frequencies. The model obtains good in-sample fi t and, more importantly, encouraging outof-...

We develop a dynamic factor model to compute short term forecasts of the Spanish GDP growth in real time. With this model, we compute a business cycle index which works well as an indicator of the business cycle conditions in Spain. To examine its real time forecasting accuracy, we use real-time...

We show that an extension of the Markov-switching dynamic factor models that accounts for the speci cities of the day to day monitoring of economic developments such as ragged edges, mixed frequencies and data revisions is a good tool to forecast the Euro area recessions in real time. We provide...

We examine the short-term performance of two alternative approaches to forecasting using dynamic factor models. The fi rst approach extracts the seasonal component of the individual indicators before estimating the dynamic factor model, while the alternative uses the nonseasonally adjusted data...

Incluye bibliografía ; En muchos casos, los profesionales de la predicción económica no utilizan los resultados de la investigación econométrica porque esta no se realiza de forma apropiada para su implementación práctica. Este documento intenta cerrar ese hueco que existe entre la...

En este artículo proponemos un modelo Markov-switching de factores dinámicos para: i) construir un índice que refl eje las condiciones del ciclo económico global ; ii) para realizar previsiones a corto plazo del crecimiento trimestral del PIB mundial en tiempo real, y iii) calcular...

En este artículo se examina la evolución de la distribución de los vínculos de ciclos económicos a nivel de industria, los cuales son modelados con procesos markovianos multivariados y estimados por el muestreo de Gibbs. Utilizando técnicas no paramétricas, se encuentra que el número y...