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Does noncausality help in forecasting economic time series?

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  • Henri Nyberg

    (University of Helsinki)

  • Markku Lanne

    (University of Helsinki)

  • Erkka Saarinen

    (University of Helsinki)

Abstract

In this paper, we compare the forecasting performance of univariate noncausal and conventional causal autoregressive models for a comprehensive data set consisting of 170 monthly U.S. macroeconomic and financial time series. The noncausal models consistently outperform the causal models. For a collection of quarterly time series, the improvement in forecast accuracy due to allowing for noncausality is found even greater.

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  • Henri Nyberg & Markku Lanne & Erkka Saarinen, 2012. "Does noncausality help in forecasting economic time series?," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 32(4), pages 2849-2859.
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    5. Lanne, Markku & Nyberg, Henri & Saarinen, Erkka, 2011. "Forecasting U.S. Macroeconomic and Financial Time Series with Noncausal and Causal AR Models: A Comparison," MPRA Paper 30254, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Noncausal autoregression; forecast comparison; macroeconomic variables; financial variables;
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    JEL classification:

    • C5 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling
    • C2 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables

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