Are there any reliable leading indicators for US inflation and GDP growth?

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 137-151

  Banerjee, Anindya ^a   Marcellino, Massimiliano ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Factor model; GDP growth; Inflation; Leading indicator; Model selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 31844446246     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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