Forni, Mario; Gambetti, Luca - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14 (2021) 8, pp. 1-21
We use a dynamic factor model to provide a semi-structural representation for 101 quarterly US macroeconomic series. We find that (i) the US economy is well described by a number of structural shocks between two and five. Focusing on the four-shock specification, we identify, using sign...