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The Australian Business Cycle: A Coincident Indicator Approach

In: The Changing Nature of the Business Cycle

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Christian Gillitzer (Reserve Bank of Australia)
Jonathan Kearns (Reserve Bank of Australia)
Anthony Richards (Reserve Bank of Australia)

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This chapter was published in: Christopher Kent & David Norman (ed.) The Changing Nature of the Business Cycle, Reserve Bank of Australia, pages , 2005.

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Keywords: business cycle; factor models; coincident indicator; Australia;

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  1. Chris Heaton & Victor Solo, 2006. "Estimation of Approximate Factor Models: Is it Important to have a Large Number of Variables?," Research Papers 0605, Macquarie University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  2. Christian Gillitzer & Jonathan Kearns & Anthony Richards, 2005. "The Australian Business Cycle: A Coincident Indicator Approach," RBA Research Discussion Papers rdp2005-07, Reserve Bank of Australia. [Downloadable!]
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