IMF Working Papers

Financial Conditions Indexes for the United States and Euro Area

By Troy D Matheson

April 1, 2011

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Troy D Matheson. Financial Conditions Indexes for the United States and Euro Area, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2011) accessed December 26, 2024
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Summary

Financial conditions indexes are developed for the United States and euro area using a wide range of financial indicators and a dynamic factor model. The financial conditions indexes are shown to be useful for forecasting economic activity and have good revision properties.

Subject: Bank credit, Financial statistics, Sovereign bonds, Vector autoregression, Yield curve

Keywords: Financial conditions index, Govt bond, Sc, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    10

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2011/093

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2011093

  • ISBN:

    9781455253326

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941