"[...] in many situations a decision does not have to be made immediately, but can be delayed until additional information has been acquired. Sequential analysis seems particularly applicable to the problem of predicting turning points in the business cycle" (Palash and Radecki, 1985)....

"[...] in many situations a decision does not have to be made immediately, but can be delayed until additional information has been acquired. Sequential analysis seems particularly applicable to the problem of predicting turning points in the business cycle" (Palash and Radecki, 1985)....

[fre] Dans cet article, on propose la construction d’un indicateur de retournement conjoncturel en utilisant un modèle à facteur avec changements de régimes. Le facteur représente l’opinion des professionnels concernant l’activité économique et est extrait à partir de quatre soldes...

This paper presents a new indicator of economic activity for Luxembourg, developed using a large database of 99 economic and financial time series. The methodology used corresponds to the generalised dynamic-factor models that has been introduced in the literature by Forni et al (2005), and the...

In 2007, a new indicator of economic activity for Luxembourg was elaborated at the BcL. It was developed using a large dataset of about 100 economic and financial time series. The methodology was based on the generalized dynamic-factor models, and the model was estimated over the period from...

The class of Markov switching models can be extended in two main directions in a multivariate framework. In the first approach, the switching dynamics are introduced by way of a common latent factor. In the second approach a VAR model with parameters depending on one common Markov chain is...

In the paper we aim to introduce a statistical dating and detection of turning points giving them a first economic interpretation. The main advantage of the proposed approach is represented by the fact that classical and growth cycles are jointly considered both in the dating and in the...

This working paper presents a new coincident economic indicator developed by the COE, able to detect in real time peaks and troughs of the american business cycle. This probabilistic indicator is based on the Markov-Switching model proposed by Hamilton (1989), applied to various economic time...

The intricate issue of detecting and forecasting macroeconomic cycles turning points has been once more perfectly illustrated with the global downturn experienced by most countries around the world in 2000-2001. Governments and Central Banks are very sensitive to economic indicators showing...

We propose a dating process for the business and growth Euro-zone cycles. This process is a result of a non parametric algorithm and diverse criteria assessment (duration, deepness, diffusion, synchronisation), as well as of “expert judgments” based on a combination of the following...