Monetary policy, composite leading economic indicators and predicting the 2001 recession

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 463-477

  Mostaghimi, Mehdi ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian probability forecasting; Classical statistical decision theory; Composite leading indicators; Composite leading indicators diffusion index; Information theory; Monetary policy; Predicting recessions; Us economy

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; INFORMATION THEORY; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; SET THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN PROBABILITY FORECASTING; CLASSICAL STATISTICAL DECISION THEORY; COMPOSITE LEADING INDICATORS (CLI); DIFFUSION INDEX; MONETARY POLICY; PREDICTING RECESSIONS; US ECONOMY;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 9744268226     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/for.923     Document Type: Article

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