Evaluating the Bank of Canada staff economic projections using a new database of real-time data and forecasts / by Julien Champagne, Guillaume Poulin-Bellisle and Rodrigo Sekkel.: FB3-5/2018-52E-PDF
"We present a novel database of real-time data and forecasts from the Bank of Canada’s staff economic projections. We then provide a forecast evaluation for GDP growth and CPI inflation since 1982: we compare the staff forecasts with those from commonly used time-series models estimated with real-time data and with forecasts from other professional forecasters and provide standard bias tests. Finally, we study changes in the predictability of the Canadian economy following the announcement of the inflation targeting regime in 1991. Our database is unprecedented outside the United States, and our evidence is particularly interesting, as it includes over 30 years of staff forecasts, two severe recessions and different monetary policy regimes. The database will be made available publicly and updated annually"--Abstract, p. ii.
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| Department/Agency | Bank of Canada. |
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| Title | Evaluating the Bank of Canada staff economic projections using a new database of real-time data and forecasts / by Julien Champagne, Guillaume Poulin-Bellisle and Rodrigo Sekkel. |
| Series title | Bank of Canada staff working paper, 1701-9397 ; 2018-52 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | "November 2018." Includes bibliographical references (p. 34-37). Includes abstract in French. |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Bank of Canada, 2018. |
| Author / Contributor | Champagne, Julien. Poulin-Bellisle, Guillaume. Sekkel, Rodrigo M. |
| Description | ii, 60 p. : charts (some col.) |
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| Subject terms | Economic forecasting Statistical analysis Economic analysis |