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Mixed frequency models with MA components

Temporal aggregation in general introduces a moving average (MA) component in the aggregated model. A similar feature emerges when not all but only a few variables are aggregated, which generates a mixed frequency model. The MA component is generally neglected, likely to preserve the possibility of OLS estimation, but the consequences have never been properly studied in the mixed frequency context. In this paper, we show, analytically, in Monte Carlo simulations and in a forecasting application on U.S. macroeconomic variables, the relevance of considering the MA component in mixed-frequency MIDAS and UMIDAS models (MIDAS-ARMA and UMIDAS-ARMA). Specifically, the simulation results indicate that the short-term forecasting performance of MIDAS-ARMA and UMIDAS-ARMA is better than that of, respectively, MIDAS and UMIDAS. The empirical applications on nowcasting U.S. GDP growth, investment growth and GDP deflator inflation confirm this ranking. Moreover, in both simulation and empirical results, MIDAS-ARMA is better than UMIDAS-ARMA.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Document de travail ; No. 2017-10

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
Forecasting Models; Simulation Methods
Thema
Temporal aggregation
MIDAS models
ARMA models

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Foroni, Claudia
Marcellino, Massimiliano
Stevanovic, Dalibor
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Université du Québec à Montréal, École des sciences de la gestion (ESG UQAM), Département des sciences économiques
(wo)
Montréal
(wann)
2017

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Foroni, Claudia
  • Marcellino, Massimiliano
  • Stevanovic, Dalibor
  • Université du Québec à Montréal, École des sciences de la gestion (ESG UQAM), Département des sciences économiques

Entstanden

  • 2017

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