This paper deals with the estimation of employment equations for Germany, which are to be used for forecasting and …, however, is affected by German reunification and relative factor prices no longer play a significant role. The forecasting …

Central banks' operations and efficiency arguments would suggest that the intraday interest rate should be set to zero … of point and density forecasting. The relative accuracy is higher when the full distribution is predicted. We also …

Among the most important tasks of central banks is to ensure the availability of cash to credit institutions and … retailers. Forecasting the demand for cash on a granular level is crucial in the process to keep logistics costs low, while … being resilient to demand or supply shocks. Whereas to date, cash forecasts with central banks mostly comprise structural …