Real-time forecasting US GDP from small-scale factor models

Empirical Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 347-364

  Camacho, Maximo ^a   Martinez Martin, Jaime ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Economic indicators; Real time forecasting

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FORECASTING METHOD; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MODELING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903714374     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-013-0731-4     Document Type: Article

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