CSI: A Model for Tracking Short-Term Growth in Canadian Real GDP

André Binette and Jae Chang
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Jae Chang: Bank of Canada, https://www.bankofcanada.ca/

Bank of Canada Review, 2013, vol. 2013, issue Summer, 3-12

Abstract: Canada’s Short-Term Indicator (CSI) is a new model that exploits the information content of 32 indicators to produce daily updates to forecasts of quarterly real GDP growth. The model is a data-intensive, judgment-free approach to short-term forecasting. While CSI’s forecasts at the start of the quarter are not very accurate, the model’s accuracy increases appreciably as more information becomes available. CSI is the latest addition to a wide range of models and information sources that the Bank of Canada uses, combined with expert judgment, to produce its short-term forecasts.

Date: 2013
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