Das Wachstum des Produktionspotenzials in Deutschland ist derzeit kräftig, dürfte allerdings im laufenden Jahr mit 1,7 Prozent seinen Zenit erreichen. Im weiteren Verlauf des Projektionszeitraums wird sich das Potenzialwachstum demografisch bedingt kontinuierlich abschwächen. Die...

This paper develops a method for decomposing GDP into trend and cycle exploiting the cross-sectional variation of state-level real GDP and unemployment rate data. The model assumes that there are common output and unemployment rate trend and cycle components, and that each state's output and...

This document compares the proprieties of different empirical methodologies to estimate the output gap and the potential output (non-observable variables of interest to the design of monetary policy and macroeconomic analysis) using Dominican Republic as a case of study. The output gap and...

The subject of this paper is the estimation of the Phillips relation ¡V the inflation-output gap tradeoff ¡V for ASEAN countries. Unobserved component (UC) models are employed in order to extract the output gap from GDP data. We also obtain stylised facts on macroeconomic cycles namely, (i)...