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The paper provides a disaggregated mixed-frequency framework for the estimation of GDP. The GDP is disaggregated into …. The model framework is applied for Greek GDP nowcasting. The results provide evidence that the more accurate nowcasting … estimations require (i) the disaggregation of GDP, (ii) the use of a multilayer mixed-frequency framework, and (iii) the inclusion …
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sizeable. Prices and quantities affect the precision of the estimates of inflation while GDP is only affected by real variables …
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process is to use timely monthly information in order to nowcast key economic variables, such as e.g. GDP, that are typically … data releases and the resulting forecast revisions. To illustrate our ideas, we study the nowcast of euro area GDP in the …
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order 1. We then apply our approach to a mixed frequency model which we use to estimate monthly U.S. GDP from May 1969 to …-time GDP nowcasts over the 2007 to 2009 financial crisis. This last exercise shows that a GDP index, as opposed to real time … estimates of GDP itself, may be more helpful in highlighting changes in the state of the macroeconomy. …
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An approximate dynamic factor model can substantially improve the reliability of real time output gap estimates. The model extracts a common component from macroeconomic indicators, which reduces errors in the gap due to data revisions. The model's ability to handle the unbalanced arrival of...
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order 1. We then apply our approach to a mixed frequency model which we use to estimate monthly U.S. GDP from May 1969 to …-time GDP nowcasts over the 2007 to 2009 financial crisis. This last exercise shows that a GDP index, as opposed to real time … estimates of GDP itself, may be more helpful in highlighting changes in the state of the macroeconomy. …
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forecasting one-month ahead, especially with Bayesian VARs. Furthermore, for both real and nominal variables, the direct pooling …
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This paper examines the accuracy of short run forecasts of Dutch GDP growth by several linear statistical models and …-term forecasting performance. …
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, and Small (2005). The method consists in bridging quarterly GDP with monthly data via a regression on factors extracted …This paper evaluates models that exploit timely monthly releases to compute early estimates of current quarter GDP (now … from a large panel of monthly series with different publication lags. We show that bridging via factors produces more …
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. To illustrate our ideas, we study the nowcast of euro area GDP in the fourth quarter of 2008. …
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