COVID-19 and seasonal adjustment

Barend Abeln and Jan Jacobs

CAMA Working Papers from Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

Abstract: The COVID19 crisis has a huge impact on economies all over the world. In this note we compare seasonal adjustments of X13 and CAMPLET before and after the COVID19 crisis. We show results of Quasi Real Time analyses for the quarterly series real GDP and the monthly series Consumption of Households in the Netherlands, and STL and CAMPLET seasonal adjustments for the weekly series US Initial Claims. We find that differences in SA values are generally small and that X13 and STL seasonal adjustments are subject to revision. From the analysis of the weekly series initial claims, we learn that STL and CAMPLET SAs follow NSA values closely. In addition, the COVID19 crisis caused a structural increase in initial claims. Before the crisis initial claims fluctuated around a lower level than after the crisis.

Keywords: COVID19 crisis; seasonal adjustment; real GDP; consumption of households; initial claims (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 E24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2021-02
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Chapter: COVID-19 and Seasonal Adjustment (2023)
Journal Article: COVID-19 and Seasonal Adjustment (2022)
Working Paper: COVID19 and Seasonal Adjustment (2021)
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