Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/82623 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Working Paper No. 2013-03
Publisher: 
Kiel University, Department of Economics, Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the accuracy of forecasts from four DSGE models for inflation, output growth and the federal funds rate using a real-time dataset synchronized with the Fed's Greenbook projections. Conditioning the model forecasts on the Greenbook nowcasts leads to forecasts that are as accurate as the Greenbook projections for output growth and the federal funds rate. Only for inflation the model forecasts are dominated by the Greenbook projections. A comparison with forecasts from Bayesian VARs shows that the economic structure of the DSGE models which is useful for the interpretation of forecasts does not lower the accuracy of forecasts. Combining forecasts of several DSGE models increases precision in comparison to individual model forecasts. Comparing density forecasts with the actual distribution of observations shows that DSGE models overestimate uncertainty around point forecasts.
Subjects: 
DSGE models
Bayesian VAR
forecasting
model uncertainty
forecast combination
density forecasts
real-time data
Greenbook
JEL: 
C53
E31
E32
E37
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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