Can consumer sentiment and its components forecast Australian GDP and consumption?

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 698-711

  Chua, Chew Lian ^a   Tsiaplias, Sarantis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Cointegration; Composite forecast; Consumer sentiment

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING;

BAYESIAN; COINTEGRATION; COMPOSITE FORECAST; CONSUMER SENTIMENT; CORRECTION APPROACHES; DISAGGREGATION; ERRORS CORRECTION; REAL-TIME CAPACITY; SENTIMENT INDEX; SUB-COMPONENTS;

ERROR CORRECTION;

EID: 63049115628     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: 1099131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/for.1120     Document Type: Article

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