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040 |aCaOODSP|beng
041 |aeng|bfre
043 |an-cn---
0861 |aFB3-6/2017-1E-PDF
1001 |aAlexander, Patrick D.
24513|aAn improved equation for predicting Canadian non-commodity exports |h[electronic resource] / |cby Patrick Alexander, Jean-Philippe Cayen and Alex Proulx.
260 |a[Ottawa] : |bBank of Canada, |cc2017.
300 |aii, 19 p. : |bcol. charts
4901 |aBank of Canada staff discussion paper, |x1914-0568 ; |v2017-1
500 |a"January 2017."
504 |aIncludes bibliographical references.
5203 |a"We estimate two new equations for Canadian non-commodity exports (NCX) that incorporate three important changes relative to the current equation used at the Bank of Canada. First, we develop two new foreign activity measures (FAMs), which add new components to the FAM currently used at the Bank of Canada. The first measure adds US exports and US government expenditures, and the second adds US industrial production. These new FAMs calibrate the weights on the various components based on the 2014 World Input-Ouput Database to avoid the instability problem that arises when the equations are estimated. Second, we add a new variable to the equations, the trend of Canada’s manufacturing share of output, to control for structural or competitiveness factors that affect Canada’s global import market share. Third, the relative price of exports is determined by a new measure of the Canadian real effective exchange rate developed by Barnett, Charbonneau and Poulin-Bellisle (2016). We find that the new equations improve the in-sample fit and the out-of-sample forecast accuracy relative to the current equation specified in “LENS,” a forecasting model used at the Bank of Canada"--Abstract, p. ii.
546 |aIncludes abstract in French.
69207|2gccst|aExports
69207|2gccst|aForecasting
7001 |aCayen, Jean-Philippe.
7001 |aProulx, Alex.
7102 |aBank of Canada.
830#0|aStaff discussion paper (Bank of Canada)|v2017-1|w(CaOODSP)9.806273
85640|qPDF|s549 KB|uhttps://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/banque-bank-canada/FB3-6-2017-1-eng.pdf