A Small Quarterly Projection Model of the US Economy
December 1, 2008
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Summary
This is the first of a series of papers that are being written as part of a project to estimate a small quarterly Global Projection Model (GPM). The GPM project is designed to improve the toolkit for studying both own-country and cross-country linkages. In this paper, we estimate a small quarterly projection model of the U.S. economy. The model is estimated with Bayesian techniques, which provide a very efficient way of imposing restrictions to produce both plausible dynamics and sensible forecasting properties. After developing a benchmark model without financial-real linkages, we introduce such linkages into the model and compare the results with and without linkages.
Subject: Central bank policy rate, Inflation, Output gap, Potential output, Real interest rates
Keywords: interest rate, WP
Pages:
54
Volume:
2008
DOI:
Issue:
278
Series:
Working Paper No. 2008/278
Stock No:
WPIEA2008278
ISBN:
9781451871364
ISSN:
1018-5941
