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A Large Canadian Database for Macroeconomic Analysis /

3 Aug 2018

This paper describes a large-scale Canadian macroeconomic database in monthly frequency. The dataset contains hundreds of Canadian and provincial economic indicators observed from 1981. It is designed to be updated regularly through StatCan database and is publicly available. It relieves users to deal with data changes and methodological revisions. We show five useful features of the dataset for macroeconomic research. First, the factor structure explains a sizeable part of variation in Canadian and provincial aggregate series. Second, the dataset is useful to capture turning points of the Cana-dian business cycle. Third, the dataset has substantial predictive power when forecasting key macroeconomic indicators. Fourth, the panel can be used to construct measures of macroeconomic uncertainty. Fifth, the dataset can serve for structural analysis through the factor-augmented VAR model.
economy science and technology consumer price index econometrics employment factor analysis macroeconomics time series forecasting business cycle regression prediction montreal regressions economy, business and finance var factor loadings principal component lasso (statistics) scree plot lasso
ISSN
22920838
Pages
39
Published in
Montreal, QC, CA

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