Die Vorhersage der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Produktion getrennt nach Wirtschaftsbereichen ist seit geraumer Zeit ein wichtiger Baustein einer jeden Konjunkturprognose. Das ifo Institut benutzt hierzu den eigens entwickelten IFOCAST-Ansatz. Der Artikel setzt sich kritisch mit der Prognosegüte der...

In this study a comparative analysis of the forecasts accuracy for Spain (developed country) and Romania (developing country) was developed for the crisis period (2009 - 2013). The providers are national forecasters: Bank of Spain and FUNCAS (Spanish Savings Banks Foundation) for Spain and two...

This paper provides a full characterization of inflation rate forecasts using the mean values from Consensus Economics for a sample of 14 Latin American countries between 1989 and 2014. It also assesses the performance of inflation rate forecasts around business cycles' turning points. Results...

The study investigates the existence and extent of information rigidity in inflation forecasts among 25 developed and 18 developing economies during 2002-2017 period utilizing a survey data set never explored before on this issue. In general, the study finds some evidence of information...

We present a medium-scale dynamic factor model to estimate and forecast the rate of growth of the Spanish economy in the very short term. The intermediate size of the model overcomes the serious specification problems associated with large scale-models and the implicit loss of information of...

We present a medium-scale dynamic factor model to estimate and forecast the rate of growth of the Spanish economy in the very short term. The intermediate size of the model overcomes the serious specification problems associated with large scale-models and the implicit loss of information of...

Ein Vergleich der seit 1991 erstellten Konjunkturprognosen des ifo Instituts mit den Prognosen von Consensus Economics im Hinblick auf ihre Treffgenauigkeit zeigt, dass die ifo-Prognosen für die Vorjahresveränderungsrate des realen Bruttoinlandsprodukts für das laufende und das kommende Jahr...

This chapter examines the problems of dealing with trending type data when there is uncertainty over whether or not we really have unit roots in the data. This uncertainty is practical – for many macroeconomic and financial variables theory does not imply a unit root in the data however unit...

This chapter summarizes recent literature on asymptotic inference about forecasts. Both analytical and simulation based methods are discussed. The emphasis is on techniques applicable when the number of competing models is small. Techniques applicable when a large number of models is compared to...