Giannone, Domenico; Reichlin, Lucrezia; Simonelli, Saverio - In: National Institute Economic Review 210 (2009) 1, pp. 90-97
This paper assesses the role of qualitative surveys for the early estimation of GDP in the Euro Area in a model-based automated procedure which exploits the timeliness of their release. The analysis is conducted using both an historical evaluation and a real-time case study on the current...