Arbeitspapier

Seasonal adjustment and the detection of business cycle phases

To date, there has been little investigation of the impact of seasonal adjustment on the detection of business cycle expansion and recession regimes. We study this question both analytically and through Monte Carlo simulations. Analytically, we view the occurrence of a single business cycle regime as a structural break that is later reversed, showing that the effect of the linear symmetric X-11 filter differs with the duration of the regime. Through the use of Markov switching models for regime identification, the simulation analysis shows that seasonal adjustment has desirable properties in clarifying the true regime when this is well underway, but it distorts regime inference around turning points, with this being especially marked after the end of recessions and when the one-sided X-11 filter is employed.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ECB Working Paper ; No. 357

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Business Fluctuations; Cycles
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs: General
Thema
business cycles
Markov switching models
Seasonal adjustment

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Matas Mir, Antonio
Osborn, Denise R
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
European Central Bank (ECB)
(wo)
Frankfurt a. M.
(wann)
2004

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Matas Mir, Antonio
  • Osborn, Denise R
  • European Central Bank (ECB)

Entstanden

  • 2004

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