Two model averaging approaches are used and compared in estimating and forecasting dynamic factor models, the well-known Bayesian model averaging (BMA) and the recently developed weighted average least squares (WALS). Both methods propose to combine frequentist estimators using Bayesian weights....

This paper examines empirically the Phillips curve relationship for the Chinese economy. We use quarterly data that go back to 1978 and employ a multivariate rather than univariate method in the construction of gap measures for inflation, money and output jointly with reliable error bands. Our...

We present an econometric analysis of three main channels (exchange rate channel, interest rate channel and credit channel) of the transmission mechanism of the monetary policy in Belarus. The analysis uses vector autoregressive models built on data from 2003 to 2014 and implemented via the...

Este documento describe un modelo neokeynesiano para una pequeña economía abierta con dolarización parcial, que se asemeja al Modelo de Proyección Trimestral (MPT) del Banco Central de Reserva del Perú (Vega y otros, 2009), y estima un grupo importante de sus parámetros con métodos...

This paper reviews recent advances in the specification and estimation of Bayesian Vector Autoregressive models (BVARs). After describing the general principle of Bayesian estimation applied to a VAR, we first present the methodology originally developed by Litterman (1986) and Doan et Al....

In this paper we examine which macroeconomic and financial variables have most predictive ability for the federal funds target rate decisions made by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). We conduct the analysis for the 157 FOMC decisions during the period January 1990–June 2008, using...

Two model averaging approaches are used and compared in estimating and forecasting dynamic factor models, the well-known Bayesian model averaging (BMA) and the recently developed weighted average least squares (WALS). Both methods propose to combine frequentist estimators using Bayesian weights....

We explore the macroeconomic effects of a compression in the long-term bond yield spread within the context of the Great Recession of 2007–09 via a time-varying parameter structural VAR model. We identify a “pure” spread shock defined as a shock that leaves the policy rate unchanged, which...

Este documento describe una versión actualizada del Modelo de Proyección Trimestral utilizado por funcionarios de la Gerencia Central de Estudios Económicos del BCRP para fines de simulación de política monetaria y de proyección de las principales variables macroeconómicas del Perú. Se...

This paper has two main objectives. The first objective is to propose a new indicator of core inflation, which is obtained by idiosyncratic dynamics and cleaning month on month relative price fluctuations from overall price changes. We use a factor model with the subcomponents of CPI inflation...