The availability of timely and reliable information on main macroeconomic variables is considered both by policy makers and analysts as crucial for an effective process of decision making. Unfortunately official statistics cannot always meet adequately user needs. This is the reason why, using...

This paper investigates the use of error correction models to estimate coincident GDP quarterly growth rates. We have carried out this investigation, for the euro area and the five main countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands). We have found no cointegration relation for...

In the number 108 of the OFCE review, nowcasting factor models of French growth were proposed and assessed in pseudo real time over the period 2001-2007. The financial crisis has reduced their accuracy. The new basis of the French quarterly accounts published mid-may 2011 modifies also the...

Dans le n˚ 108 de la Revue de l’OFCE, des modèles d’estimation précoce de la croissance française ont été proposés et évalués en pseudo temps réel sur la période 2001-2007. La crise financière a quelque peu dégradé leur performance. Le changement de base des comptes...

In this paper, nowcasts are provided by a factor model, where factors are extracted from a small number of monthly series, selected using the LARS algorithm (Least Angle Regression). We follow the work of Bai and Ng (2008) which contrasts strongly with the traditional factor model based on a...

Dans ce travail, l’estimation précoce de la croissance provient d’un modèle à facteurs, extraits d’un nombre réduit de séries mensuelles, ces dernières ayant été choisies par l’algorithme de la régression LARS (Least Angle Regression). On suit en cela le travail de Bai et Ng...

The availability of timely and reliable information on main macroeconomic variables is considered both by policy makers and analysts as crucial for an effective process of decision making. Unfortunately official statistics cannot always meet adequately user needs. This is the reason why, using...

The availability of timely and reliable information on main macroeconomic variables is considered both by policy makers and analysts as crucial for an effective process of decision making. Unfortunately official statistics cannot always meet adequately user needs. This is the reason why, using...

The availability of timely and reliable information on main macroeconomic variables is considered both by policy makers and analysts crucial for an effective process of decision making. Unfortunately official statistics cannot always meet adequately users' needs, especially concerning their...

The availability of timely and reliable information on main macroeconomic variables is considered both by policy makers and analysts crucial for an effective process of decision making. Unfortunately official statistics cannot always meet adequately users' needs, especially concerning their...