Forecasting GDP growth with financial market data in Finland: Revisiting stylized facts in a small open economy during the financial crisis
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Term spread; Short-term interest rate; Stock market; Forecasting; Macroeconomy;All these keywords.
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- E37 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
- E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
- E47 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
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