Staff Memo
Evaluating real-time forecasts from Norges Bank’s system for averaging models
- Author:
- Anne Sofie Jore
- Series:
- Staff Memo
- Number:
- 12/2012
Abstract:
We evaluate forecasts of GDP growth and inflation made by the system of averaging models (SAM) and compare their performance with Norges Bank's forecasts in the Monetary Policy Report. We assess the new version of SAM, as well as the ones that were actually used from 2008 until the end of 2010. We conclude that SAM forecasts perform quite well. In particular for inflation, the forecasting performance seems to have improved with the new version of SAM.
Staff Memo inneholder utredninger og dokumentasjon skrevet av Norges Banks ansatte og andre forfattere tilknyttet Norges Bank. Synspunkter og konklusjoner i arbeidene er ikke nødvendigvis representative for Norges Bank.
ISSN 1504-2596 (online)