Nowcasting GDP in real time: A density combination approach

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-68

  Aastveit, Knut Are ^a   Gerdrup, Karsten R ^a   Jore, Anne Sofie ^a   Thorsrud, Leif Anders ^b  

^a NORGES BANK   (Norway)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Forecast densities; Forecast evaluation; Monetary policy; Real time data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901808648     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: 15372707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07350015.2013.844155     Document Type: Article

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