importance of particular forms of definitional change which we call 'definitional breaks', and the rationality of early releases … of economic variables. An important feature of our rationality tests is that they are based solely on the examination of …

importance of particular forms of definitional change which we call “definitional breaks", and the rationality of early releases … of economic variables. An important feature of our rationality tests is that they are based solely on the examination of …

against data rationality for output and prices, but not for money. -- bias ; efficiency ; generically comprehensive tests … ; rationality ; preliminary ; final ; real-time data …Rationality of early release data is typically tested using linear regressions. Thus, failure to reject the null does …

Rationality of early release data is typically tested using linear regressions. Thus, failure to reject the null does … against data rationality for output and prices, but not for money …

Rationality of early release data is typically tested using linear regressions. Thus, failure to reject the null does … strong evidence against data rationality. Interestingly, for money stock the null is not rejected by linear tests but is …

; generically comprehensive tests ; rationality ; preliminary ; final ; real-time data … perform significantly worse than autoregressions, when predicting output during the last 20 years. -- bias ; efficiency … importance of particular forms of definitional change which we call "definitional breaks", and the rationality of early releases …

tend to outperform the standard low frequency survey measures in tests of accuracy, predictive power, and rationality …

rationality of early releases of economic variables. An important feature of our rationality tests is that they are based solely …