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2013
Monthly US business cycle indicators : a new multivariate approach based on a band-pass filter
Monthly US business cycle indicators : a new multivariate approach based on a band-pass filter
Institute of Economics
Forschungszentrum Innovation und Dienstleistung
Forschungszentrum Innovation und Dienstleistung
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This article proposes a new multivariate method to construct business cycle indicators. The method is based on a decomposition into trend-cycle and irregular. To derive the cycle, a multivariate band-pass filter is applied to the estimated trend-cycle. The whole procedure is fully model-based. Using a set of monthly and quarterly US time series, two monthly business cycle indicators are obtained for the US. They are represented by the smoothed cycles of real GDP and the industrial production index. Both indicators are able to reproduce previous recessions very well. Series contributing to the construction of both indicators are allowed to be leading, lagging or coincident relative to the business cycle. Their behavior is assessed by means of the phase angle and the mean phase angle after cycle estimation. The proposed multivariate method can serve as an attractive tool for policy making, in particular due to its good forecasting performance and quite simple setting. The model ensures reliable realtime forecasts even though it does not involve elaborate mechanisms that account for, e.g., changes in volatility.
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@techreport{Gómez2013,
url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5667},
author = {Gómez, Víctor and Marczak, Martyna},
title = {Monthly US business cycle indicators : a new multivariate approach based on a band-pass filter},
year = {2013},
school = {Universität Hohenheim},
series = {FZID discussion papers},
}