paper, we compare their performance in a relevant case for policy making, i.e., nowcasting and forecasting quarterly GDP …

We define nowcasting as the prediction of the present, the very near future and the very recent past. Crucial in this … collected at low frequency and published with long delays. Until recently, nowcasting had received very little attention by the … basis of simple models. We argue that the nowcasting process goes beyond the simple production of an early estimate as it …

This paper documents GDPNow, a "nowcasting" model for gross domestic product (GDP) growth that synthesizes the "bridge …