Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5059722 | Economics Letters | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
⺠A new measure (and test) of forecast quality (viz. versatility) is introduced. ⺠The proposed testing framework avoids distributional assumptions. ⺠The quality of forecasts covering a set of US economic variables is examined. ⺠Forecasts based on a real-time measure of current economic activity are versatile.
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Authors
Nicholas Taylor,