Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/153589 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 1155
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
To forecast an aggregate, we propose adding disaggregate variables, instead of combining forecasts of those disaggregates or forecasting by a univariate aggregate model. New analytical results show the effects of changing coefficients, mis-specification, estimation uncertainty and mis-measurement error. Forecastorigin shifts in parameters affect absolute, but not relative, forecast accuracies; mis-specification and estimation uncertainty induce forecast-error differences, which variable-selection procedures or dimension reductions can mitigate. In Monte Carlo simulations, different stochastic structures and interdependencies between disaggregates imply that including disaggregate information in the aggregate model improves forecast accuracy. Our theoretical predictions and simulations are corroborated when forecasting aggregate US inflation pre- and post 1984 using disaggregate sectoral data.
Subjects: 
Aggregate forecasts
Disaggregate information
forecast combination
inflation
JEL: 
C51
C53
E31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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