A leading index for the colombian economic activity

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Borradores de Economía; No. 243
Date published
2003-05-20
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2003-05-20
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Melo-Velandia, Luis Fernando
Nieto, Fabio H.
Ramos-Veloza, Mario Andrés
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spa
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Abstract
In this paper, we propose a methodology for calculating a leading index of the economic activity based on a modification of Stock and Watson’s (1989, 1991, 1992) approach. We use Kalman filter techniques for estimating the state space representation of th
JEL Codes
C53 - Forecasting and Prediction Methods; Simulation MethodsC82 - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Macroeconomic Data; Data AnalysisE32 - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
Keywords
Coincident indexes ; Leading indexes ; State space models ;
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https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/5261
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12134/5261
https://doi.org/10.32468/be.243
https://ideas.repec.org/p/bdr/borrec/243.html
https://ideas.repec.org/p/col/000094/001920.html
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