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NOWCASTING EURO AREA ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN REAL TIME: THE ROLE OF CONFIDENCE INDICATORSECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles and CEPR
London Business School and CEPR
University of Naples Federico II, EUI and CSEF, saverio.simonelli{at}unina.it This paper assesses the role of qualitative surveys for the early estimation of GDP in the Euro Area in a model-based automated procedure which exploits the timeliness of their release. The analysis is conducted using both an historical evaluation and a real-time case study on the current conjuncture.
Key Words: Forecasting factor model real-time data large data sets survey
National Institute Economic Review, Vol. 210, No. 1,
90-97 (2009) |
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