Forecasting US Output Growth with Large Information Sets

Afees Salisu, Umar Ndako and Rangan Gupta

No 202103, Working Papers from University of Pretoria, Department of Economics

Abstract: We forecast US output growth using an array of both Classical and Bayesian models including the recently developed Dynamic Variable Selection prior with Variational Bayes [DVSVB] of Koop and Korobilis (2020). We accommodate over 300 predictors that are incrementally captured from 5 factors, 60 factors to over 300 factors covering relevant economic agents. For robustness, we allow for both constant and time varying coefficients as well as alternative proxies for output growth. Using data covering 1960:Q1 to 2018:Q4, our results consistently support the use of high-dimensional models when forecasting US output growth regardless of the choice of forecast measure. For the density forecast of real GDP growth in particular, the results favour the DVSVB and time varying parameter assumption.

Keywords: US Output Growth; High-Dimensional Models; Forecast Evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C51 C52 C53 O41 O51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2021-01
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