Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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986946 | Review of Financial Economics | 2007 | 27 Pages |
Abstract
Using Economic Tracking Portfolios (ETP), I find that it is possible to forecast future values of inflation and changes in industrial production in the United States and three core euro countries – Italy, France and Germany – utilizing only current and past financial market information. The longer the forecasting horizon, the better the forecasts based solely on financial market information compared to results from other methods. Of the countries I analyze, the overall forecasting performance of the tracking portfolios is the best for the U.S., and my method outperforms the forecasting performance of a VAR approach.
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Authors
Juha Junttila,