Nowcasting Ukraine's GDP Using a Factor-Augmented VAR (FAVAR) Model
This article presents an approach for nowcasting the current value of Ukraine’s quarterly GDP. The approach uses leading indicators with a different disclosure frequency. We generalize data from a set of explanatory variables into several factors by using principal components analysis and estimate t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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National Bank of Ukraine
2017-12-01
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Series: | Visnyk of the National Bank of Ukraine |
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Online Access: | https://journal.bank.gov.ua/en/article/2017/242/01 |