Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/210096 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 7/2016
Publisher: 
Norges Bank, Oslo
Abstract: 
In this paper we address the issue of assessing and communicating the joint probabilities implied by density forecasts from multivariate time series models. We focus our attention in three areas. First, we investigate a new method of producing fan charts that better communicates the uncertainty present in forecasts from multivariate time series models. Second, we suggest a new measure for assessing the plausibility of non-central point forecasts. And third, we describe how to use the density forecasts from a multivariate time series model to assess the probability of a set of future events occurring. An additional novelty of this paper is our use of a regime-switching DSGE model with an occasionally binding zero lower bound constraint, estimated on US data, to produce the density forecasts. The tools we off er will allow practitioners to better assess and communicate joint forecast probabilities, a criticism that has been leveled at central bank communications.
Subjects: 
DSGE
Bayesian estimation
monetary policy
fan charts
zero lower bound
regime-switching
JEL: 
C6
C11
C53
E1
E5
E37
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-82-7553-908-1
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper
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