Forecasting macroeconomic variables using disaggregate survey data

Kjetil Martinsen, Francesco Ravazzolo and Fredrik Wulfsberg
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Kjetil Martinsen: Norges Bank (Central Bank of Norway)

No 2011/04, Working Paper from Norges Bank

Abstract: We assess the forecast ability of Norges Bank’s regional survey for inflation, GDP growth and the unemployment rate in Norway. We propose several factor models based on regional and sectoral information given by the survey. The analysis identifies which information extracted from the ten sectors and the seven regions performs particularly well at forecasting different variables and horizons. Results show that several factor models beat an autoregressive benchmark in forecasting inflation and unemployment rate. However, the factor models are most successful in forecasting GDP growth. Forecast combinations based on past performance give in most cases more accurate forecasts than the benchmark, but they never give the most accurate forecasts.

Keywords: Keywords: Factor models; macroeconomic forecasting; qualitative survey data. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C53 C80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2011-04-11
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