On the uncertainty and risks of macroeconomic forecasts: combining judgements with sample and model information |
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Authors: | Maximiano Pinheiro Paulo Soares Esteves |
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Institution: | 1. Banco de Portugal, Av. Almirante Reis, 71, 1150-012, Lisbon, Portugal 2. ISEG-Technical University of Lisbon, Rua do Quelhas, 6, 1200-781, Lisbon, Portugal
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Abstract: | Institutions which publish macroeconomic forecasts usually do not rely on a single econometric model to generate their forecasts. The combination of judgements with information from different models complicates the problem of characterizing the predictive density. This article proposes a parametric approach to construct the joint and marginal densities of macroeconomic forecasting errors, combining judgements with sample and model information. We assume that the relevant variables are linear combinations of latent independent two-piece normal variables. The baseline point forecasts are interpreted as the mode of the joint distribution, which has the convenient feature of being invariant to judgments on the balance of risks. |
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