A real-time analysis on the importance of hard and soft data for nowcasting German GDP
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JEL classification:
- C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
- E37 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
- C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EEC-2017-03-19 (European Economics)
- NEP-MAC-2017-03-19 (Macroeconomics)
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