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Approach to Estimating Confidence Intervals for a Business Cycle

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  • Wilmer Martinez-Rivera
  • Manuel Dario Hernandez-Bejarano

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This document introduces a novel business-cycle turning-point analysis method that leverages the nonparametric coincident profile tool to construct confidence intervals for turning-point dates. The novel method generalized the coincident profile tool by providing a matrix of coincident relationships among a set of variables. We refer to this object as the coincident matrix. Through a numerical study and two empirical applications: one using economic data from the United States and the other from Colombia, we demonstrate the accuracy of the method in identifying turning points, closely aligning with the reference cycle in each case. In addition, in our analysis of United States economic data, we conduct a pseudo-out-of-sample analysis that further validates the method's superior performance in predicting turning-point dates. *****RESUMEN: Este documento presenta un método novedoso para el análisis de los puntos de quiebre del ciclo económico que aprovecha la herramienta no paramétrica de perfil coincidente para construir intervalos de confianza alrededor de las fechas de dichos puntos de quiebre. Este método novedoso generaliza la herramienta del perfil coincidente poniendo en una matriz las relaciones de coincidencia entre un conjunto de variables dadas. A este método lo denominamos matriz de coincidencia. A través de un estudio numérico y dos aplicaciones empíricas: una con datos económicos de Estados Unidos y otra de Colombia, demostramos la precisión del método para identificar puntos de quiebre, que se alinean estrechamente con el ciclo de referencia de cada caso. Además, en nuestro análisis de datos económicos de Estados Unidos, realizamos un análisis pseudo-fuera de muestra que confirma aún más el excelente rendimiento del método para predecir las fechas de estos puntos de quiebre.

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  • Wilmer Martinez-Rivera & Manuel Dario Hernandez-Bejarano, 2026. "Approach to Estimating Confidence Intervals for a Business Cycle," Borradores de Economia 1348, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
  • Handle: RePEc:bdr:borrec:1348
    DOI: 10.32468/be.1348
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    JEL classification:

    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • E37 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications

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