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October 3, 2008

Evaluating CPB's published GDP growth forecasts; a comparison with individual and pooled VAR based forecasts

We compare the accuracy of our published GDP growth forecasts from our large macro model, SAFFIER, to those produced by VAR based models using both classical and Bayesian estimation techniques.

September 23, 2008

Investigating uncertainty in macroeconomic forecasts by stochastic simulation

Wanted: world trade prophet.

September 16, 2008

Decomposition of GDP-growth in some European Countries and the United States

This paper shows two alternative methodologies for decomposition of GDP growth.

April 22, 2008

Are houses overvalued in the Netherlands?

This is an update of an analysis which CPB conducted three years ago to identify the factors that determine how the price of a house in the Netherlands develops.

April 18, 2008

Is de huizenprijs in Nederland overgewaardeerd?

This document is in Dutch, memorandum 200 is the English version of this document.

January 15, 2008

Decomposition of GDP growth in European countries; different methods tell different stories

The composition of economic growth can be analysed in two different ways. In the 'traditional method' for the decomposition of GDP growth, total imports are deducted from exports.

December 4, 2007

On the optimality of expert-adjusted forecasts

Official forecasts of international institutions are never purely model-based. Preliminary results of models are adjusted with expert opinions.

April 17, 2007

SAFFIER; a multi-purpose model of the Dutch economy for short-term and medium-term analyses

Since late 2004, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis has been using the macro-econometric model SAFFIER for its short-term and medium-term analyses.

October 10, 2006

Focus on the track record of the short and medium term forecasts.

This report analyses the accuracy of CPB’s short-term forecasts of the Dutch economy in the period 1971-2005.

June 16, 2006

SAFFIER: a 'multi purpose'-model of the Dutch economy for short and medium term analysis

Voor analyses en ramingen op korte en middellange termijn maakt het CPB sinds eind 2004 gebruik van het macro-econometrische model Saffier.