Economic Forecasting

An Introduction

By: David A. Peel, Ken Holden, John L. Thompson

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Paperback | 3 June 1991

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This book provides an introduction to the methods employed in forecasting the future state of the economy. It is the only text currently available which provides a comprehensive coverage of methods and applications in this fast-growing area. Part I outlines the available techniques, including those used in business forecasting and econometric forecasting. Part II considers the most important applications of forecasting.

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List of figures	p. vii
List of tables	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Techniques	p. 1
Introduction to forecasting methods	p. 3
Why forecasts are needed	p. 3
Methods of forecasting	p. 6
A review of business forecasting techniques	p. 8
Econometric forecasting	p. 29
Evaluating forecasts	p. 33
Conclusions	p. 41
Time-series methods	p. 43
Introduction	p. 43
Stochastic models of time series	p. 45
Box-Jenkins modelling	p. 50
A worked example	p. 64
Vector autoregression models	p. 69
Cointegration	p. 76
Deterministic and stochastic trends	p. 80
Non-linear time series	p. 82
Combining forecasts	p. 85
Introduction	p. 85
The variance-covariance method	p. 85
The regression method	p. 88
Serial correlation problems	p. 91
Other methods of combination	p. 93
Practical suggestions for combining forecasts	p. 96
The Makridakis forecasting competition	p. 100
Applications	p. 109
Microeconomic forecasting	p. 111
Introduction	p. 111
Demand forecasting	p. 112
Sales and market share forecasting for companies	p. 123
Anticipations data and leading indicators	p. 127
Scenario analysis	p. 134
Other techniques	p. 136
Forecasting with macroeconomic models	p. 140
Introduction	p. 140
Nature of macroeconomic models	p. 140
A simple macroeconomic model	p. 144
Preparing the forecast	p. 145
Judgmental adjustments and forecast errors	p. 150
Forecasting the 1980-1982 recession	p. 151
Decomposition of macroeconomic forecasts	p. 153
Accuracy of macroeconomic forecasts	p. 158
Conclusions	p. 162
Forecasting asset market prices	p. 164
Introduction	p. 164
The efficient markets hypothesis	p. 164
Foreign exchange markets	p. 167
Stock market prices	p. 178
Commodity prices	p. 181
Conclusions	p. 182
Conclusions	p. 183
The choice between different techniques	p. 183
Current developments	p. 187
Economic forecasting and government policy	p. 189
References	p. 191
Author index	p. 205
Subject index	p. 210
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