Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19478
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Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper Series 1 No. 2004,11
Publisher: 
Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
This paper examines the consequences of using "real-time" data for business cycle analysis in Germany based on a novel data set covering quarterly real output data from 1968 to 2001. Real-time output gaps are calculated. They differ considerably from their counterparts based on the most recent data. Moreover, they are not rational forecasts of the final series. The consequences of using real-time data for inflation forecasts, the dynamic interaction of output gaps and inflation, and stylised facts of the business cycle are also addressed. The results suggest that revisions of data and estimates can seriously distort research and policy implications.
Subjects: 
Real-time data
business cycles
output gap
VAR
inflation
Germany
JEL: 
E32
C53
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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