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input to forecasting real US. GDP and the unemployment rate. These time series have been addressed before, but our results …We test and report on time series modelling and forecasting using several US. Leading economic indicators (LEI) as an …-studied macroeconomic series, US. real GDP and the unemployment rate. The Autometrics system substantially reduces regression sum of squares …
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expeditious response times. In out-of-sample forecasting, the Qual VAR outperforms a probit model. Improved forecasting …
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negative impact on the economic variables for the euro area. We also perform a forecasting analysis, where we assess the merits … of uncertainty indicators for forecasting industrial production, employment and the stock market, using different … models including the original financial uncertainty index in terms of forecasting. …
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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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This paper presents a framework for quantifying uncertainty around point forecasts for GDP, inflation and house prices …
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This paper presents a model of a forward-looking government wooing foreign direct investment by enacting policies that reflect its commitment to the foreign enterprise. The ease with which the government is able to spend or carry out economic reform to complement the foreign venture evolves over...
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This paper investigates the threshold impact of government debt on economic growth in the presence of fiscal consolidation in South Africa from 1979 to 2022. The autoregressive threshold regime (TAR) model and two-stage least squares (2SLS) are used. The contribution of the paper is on the...
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This study investigates the degree of capital mobility in a panel of 16 Latin American and 4 Caribbean countries during 1960 to 2017 against the backdrop of the Feldstein-Horioka hypothesis by applying recent panel data techniques. This is the first study on capital mobility in Latin American...
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The middle-income trap (MIT) describes obstacles to sustainable growth experienced by some middle-income countries. The initial growth of emerging economies is often characterized by reliance on labor intense, import driven factors, facilitated by foreign direct investment (FDI). As it matures,...
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