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Pessimism could plunge us into a recession

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  • Kevin Moran
  • Dalibor Stevanovic
  • Adam Abdel Kader Touré

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→ Read the full report For over a year, various studies have been reporting that Canadian businesses and consumers are fairly pessimistic about the economy. Evaluating the extent to which this wave of pessimism could cause an economic slowdown presents a methodological challenge, one the authors tackled in a recent CIRANO study. Drawing upon Vector Autoregression (VAR) methodology as well as Canadian and American historical data, the authors suggest that correlations between confidence and economic activity do indeed include a causal component. As a result, the recent declines observed in confidence indices could lead to an economic slowdown. → Lire le rapport complet Depuis plus d’un an, différentes enquêtes rapportent que les entreprises et consommateurs canadiens sont plutôt pessimistes quant à la situation économique. Évaluer dans quelle mesure cette vague de pessimisme peut causer un ralentissement économique représente un défi méthodologique auquel les auteurs s’attaquent dans une récente étude CIRANO. À partir de données historiques canadiennes et américaines et d’analyses de causalité basées sur des modèles vectoriels autorégressifs, les auteurs suggèrent que les corrélations entre confiance et activité économique contiennent effectivement une composante causale.

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  • Kevin Moran & Dalibor Stevanovic & Adam Abdel Kader Touré, 2024. "Pessimism could plunge us into a recession," CIRANO Papers 2024pj-04, CIRANO.
  • Handle: RePEc:cir:circah:2024pj-04
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