Research Catalog

Title

Indicator Models of Real GDP Growth in Selected OECD Countries [electronic resource] / Franck Sédillot and Nigel Pain

Author

Sédillot, Franck.

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2003.

Details

Additional Authors

Pain, Nigel.

Description

50 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

Accurate and timely information on the current state of economic activity is an important requirement for the policymaking process. Delays in the publication of official statistics mean that a complete picture of economic developments within a particular period emerges only some time after that period has elapsed. The research described in this paper develops a set of econometric models that provide estimates of GDP growth for a number of major OECD countries and zones in the two quarters following the last quarter for which official data have been published. These models exploit the considerable amount of monthly conjunctural information that becomes available before the release of official national accounts data. Information is incorporated from both ‘soft' indicators, such as business surveys, and ‘hard' indicators, such as industrial production and retail sales, and use is made of different frequencies of data and a variety of estimation techniques. An automated procedure is ...

Series Statement

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.364

Uniform Title

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.364.

Subject

Economics

LCCN

10.1787/275257320252

OCLC

oecd-lib

Author

Sédillot, Franck.

Title

Indicator Models of Real GDP Growth in Selected OECD Countries [electronic resource] / Franck Sédillot and Nigel Pain

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2003.

Series

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.364

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.364.

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Indexed Term

Economics

Added Author

Pain, Nigel.

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/275257320252 doi