Factor forecasting using international targeted predictors : the case of German GDP /

This paper considers factor forecasting with national versus factor forecasting withinternational data. We forecast German GDP based on a large set of about 500 time series, consisting of German data as well as data from Euro-area and G7 countries. For factor estimation, we consider standard princip...

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Main Author: Schumacher, Christian
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt am Main : Deutsche Bundesbank, 2009
Series:Discussion paper (Deutsche Bundesbank). Series 1: economic studies no. 10/2009
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Online Access:https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/27664/1/200910dkp.pdf
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Summary:This paper considers factor forecasting with national versus factor forecasting withinternational data. We forecast German GDP based on a large set of about 500 time series, consisting of German data as well as data from Euro-area and G7 countries. For factor estimation, we consider standard principal components as well as variable preselection prior to factor estimation using targeted predictors following Bai and Ng [Forecasting economic time series using targeted predictors, Journal of Econometrics 146 (2008), 304-317]. The results are as follows: Forecasting without data preselection favours the use of German data only, and no additional information content can be extracted from international data. However, when using targeted predictors for variable selection, international data generally improves the forecastability of German GDP.
Physical Description:42 p.
Bibliography:Bibliografía: p. 11-13.
ISBN:9783865585141