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This paper analyses the real-time forecasting performance of the New Keynesian DSGE model of Galí, Smets, and Wouters (2012) estimated on euro area data. It investigates to what extent forecasts of inflation, GDP growth and unemployment by professional forecasters improve the forecasting...
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find statistical evidence at short forecast horizons that oil price volatility observed ex post explains ex … absolute forecast errors is positively related to the log of the dispersion around the survey mean (or median) for the …
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In this paper, we consider whether differences in the forecast performance of ECB SPF respondents reflect ability or … horizons, the aggregate (consensus) SPF forecast performs best …
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We construct a Bayesian vector autoregressive model with three layers of information: the key drivers of inflation, cross-country dynamic interactions, and country-specific variables. The model provides good forecasting accuracy with respect to the popular benchmarks used in the literature. We...
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compare two sub-groups of survey respondents divided on the basis of forecast accuracy. Then, we examine possible differences … between regular and irregular forecasters. Finally, we assess the relevance of aggregated forecast revisions in the unbalanced … panel by constructing alternative forecast revisions based on the set of sub-panels of fixed composition. The results show …
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, although they are supposed to be displayed in euros, which can severely distort results concerning earnings forecast accuracy …
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We compare direct forecasts of HICP and HICP excluding energy and food in the euro area and five member countries to aggregated forecasts of their main components from large Bayesian VARs with a shared set of predictors. We focus on conditional point and density forecasts, in line with...
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