Forecasting Czech GDP Using Mixed-Frequency Data Models

Michal Franta, David Havrlant and Marek Rusnák

Journal of Business Cycle Research, 2016, vol. 12, issue 2, No 2, 165-185

Abstract: Abstract In this paper we use a battery of various mixed-frequency data models to forecast Czech GDP growth. The models employed are mixed-frequency vector autoregressions, mixed-data sampling models, and the dynamic factor model. Using a dataset of historical vintages of unrevised macroeconomic and financial data, we evaluate the performance of these models over the 2005–2014 period and compare them with the Czech National Bank’s macroeconomic forecasts. The results suggest that for shorter forecasting horizons the CNB forecasts outperform forecasts based on the mixed-frequency data models. At longer horizons, mixed-frequency vector autoregressions and the dynamic factor model are able to perform similarly or slightly better than the CNB forecasts. Furthermore, moving away from point forecasts, we also explore the potential of density forecasts from Bayesian mixed-frequency vector autoregressions.

Keywords: Short-term forecasting; Real-time data; GDP; Mixed-frequency data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C53 C82 E52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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