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Nowcasting the Global Economy

Authors: Rossiter, James;

Nowcasting the Global Economy

Abstract

Les prévisions de l'activité économique et de l'inflation à l'échelle mondiale sont des intrants importants dans la conduite de la politique monétaire au sein des petites économies ouvertes comme celle du Canada. Dans le cadre du vaste programme que s'est donné la Banque du Canada pour étoffer ses outils de prévision à court terme, l'auteur construit des équations de prévision simples à fréquence mixte pour la production, les importations et l'inflation mondiales trimestrielles en utilisant les indices des directeurs d'achats (indices PMI) mondiaux mensuels. La comparaison des résultats à ceux de deux modèles de référence montre que les indices PMI sont utiles pour prévoir l'évolution de l'économie mondiale. À mesure que les prévisions sont mises à jour tout au long du trimestre en fonction des indices PMI diffusés mensuellement, leur qualité s'améliore de façon générale. L'analyse des prévisions durant la période de la Grande Récession (en particulier du quatrième trimestre de 2008 au deuxième trimestre de 2009) révèle que, même si les modèles intégrant les indicateurs qualitatifs des indices PMI n'ont pas rendu pleinement compte de la brusque détérioration de l'économie mondiale, ils ont néanmoins permis d'améliorer la qualité des prévisions par rapport aux modèles de référence. Cette conclusion fait ressortir l'utilité de tels indicateurs dans l'établissement des prévisions à court terme.

Forecasts of global economic activity and inflation are important inputs when conducting monetary policy in small open economies such as Canada. As part of the Bank of Canada's broad agenda to augment its short-term forecasting tools, the author constructs simple mixed-frequency forecasting equations for quarterly global output, imports, and inflation using the monthly global Purchasing Managers Index (PMI). When compared against two benchmark models, the results show that the PMIs are useful for forecasting developments in the global economy. As the forecasts are updated throughout the quarter with the monthly release of the PMI, forecasting performance generally improves. An analysis of the forecasts over the period of the Great Recession (in particular, 2008Q4 to 2009Q2) shows that, while models that include the "soft" PMI indicators did not fully capture the sharp deterioration in the global economy, they nevertheless improved the forecasts relative to the benchmark models. This finding highlights the usefulness of such indicators for short-term forecasting.

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Geldpolitik, ddc:330, E37, F47, Prognose, Economic models, Internationaler Finanzmarkt, Kanada, Globalisierung, Inflationsrate, international topics

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