Modeling Time-Varying Uncertainty of Multiple-Horizon Forecast Errors

Todd Clark, Michael McCracken and Elmar Mertens

No 17-15R, Working Papers from Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Abstract: We estimate uncertainty measures for point forecasts obtained from survey data, pooling information embedded in observed forecast errors for different forecast horizons. To track time-varying uncertainty in the associated forecast errors, we derive a multiple-horizon specification of stochastic volatility. We apply our method to forecasts for various macroeconomic variables from the Survey of Professional Forecasters. Compared to constant variance approaches, our stochastic volatility model improves the accuracy of uncertainty measures for survey forecasts. Our method can also be applied to other surveys like the Blue Chip Consensus, or the Federal Open Market Committee?s Summary of Economic Projections.

Keywords: survey forecasts; fan charts; Stochastic volatility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C53 E37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2017-09-01
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Note: This paper is a revision of Working Paper 17-15 published in September of 2017.
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DOI: 10.26509/frbc-wp-201715r

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