domestic product. We introduce the first leading indicator constructed to forecast import growth, the Import Climate. It builds …Globalization has led to huge increases in import volumes, increasing the importance of imports for total output. Since … imports are a volatile component, they are difficult to forecast and strongly influence the forecast accuracy of gross …

Globalization has led to huge increases in import volumes, but the literature on import forecasting is still in its … infancy. We introduce the first leading indicator especially constructed for total import growth, the so-called Import Climate …. It builds on the idea that the import demand of the domestic country should be reflected in the expected export …

the best-performing indicators beat a well-specified benchmark model in terms of forecast accuracy. It turns out that four …

In this study, we evaluate whether survey-based indicators produce lower forecast errors for export growth than … production expectations. However, large country differences in the forecast accuracy of survey-based indicators emerge. These … machinery goods. For hard indicators, we find only weak evidence for the export composition to explain differences in forecast …

We evaluate whether survey-based indicators produce lower forecast errors for export growth than indicators obtained … from hard data such as price and cost competitiveness measures. Our pseudo out-of-sample analyzes and forecast encompassing …, large country differences in the forecast accuracy of survey-based indicators emerge. These differences are mainly explained …

the best-performing indicators beat a well-specified benchmark model in terms of forecast accuracy. It turns out that four …

Learning”, “Generalized Linear Model” and “Support Vector Machine”, in the sense of error minimization, to forecast the degree …

competitiveness factors that affect Canada's global import market share. Third, the relative price of exports is determined by a new … that the new equations improve the in-sample fit and the out-of-sample forecast accuracy relative to the current equation …