nowcasting and forecasting quarterly world GDP using mixed-frequency models. We find that a recently proposed indicator that …

-time and final data releases differ, we also observe minimal impacts on the relative forecasting performance of indicator …

indicators for forecasting quarterly Chinese GDP growth. We iterate the evaluation over forecast horizons from 370 days to 1 day … 2009. Industrial production can be quite valuable for now- or even forecasting, but only if it is released shortly after … manufacturing purchasing managers' index of the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics help much for now- or forecasting. Our results …

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