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Legend: = Applied Session, = Theme Session, = Presenter
Colorado Convention Center = “CC”, Hyatt = “HY”

377 Applied Session Wed, 8/6/08, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-113
Dynamic Factor Models for Real-Time Macroeconomic and Financial Forecasting - Invited - Papers
Business and Economics Statistics Section
Organizer(s): Peter Zadrozny, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): Stuart Scott, Bureau of Labor Statistics
    10:35 AM   Modeling High-Dimensional Time Series by Generalized Linear Dynamic Factor ModelsManfred Deistler, Vienne University of Technology
    10:55 AM   Factor Decomposition of VARMA Models Based on Weighted Forecast-Error Covariances: Applied to Forecasting Quarterly GDP at Monthly IntervalsPeter Zadrozny, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Baoline Chen, Bureau of Economic Analysis
    11:15 AM   Monthly Real-Time Estimates of Final GDP Based on an Estimated Monthly Model of Initial and Revised GDPBaoline Chen, Bureau of Economic Analysis; Peter Zadrozny, Bureau of Labor Statistics
    11:35 AM   Nowcasting UK GDP Growth: An Evaluation of Dynamic Factor Models Using Quasi Real-Time DataJana Eklund, Bank of England; Kamath Kishore, Bank of England; Vincent Labhard, European Central Bank; Simon Price, Bank of England
    11:55 AM   NOWcasting Quarterly German GDP at Monthly Intervals Using Dynamic Factor ModelsKlaus Wohlrabe, Ifo Institute for Economic Research
     12:15 AM   Floor Discussion
 

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