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Center for Quantitative Economic Research

The Center for Quantitative Economic Research (CQER) of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta advances empirical research in economics and promotes forecasting models usable for policy studies.

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Workshop on Methods and Applications for Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models - October 12-13, 2012

A workshop cosponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Center for Quantitative Economic Research (CQER) and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
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GDP-Based Recession Indicator Index

This index from well-known economist James Hamilton assigns recession start and end dates based on observed dynamics of U.S. real GDP growth. Using BEA data released July 27, 2012, the index for 2012:Q2 was 5.7 percent, significantly below levels that would signal that a new recession has begun.
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Updates & Other News

7/6/12: Real Time Analysis of the U.S. Business Cycle
2/23/12: Understanding Booms and Busts in Housing Markets
2/22/12: Moral Hazard, Investment, and Firm Dynamics

10/21/11: Is the growth tide turning?
10/19/11: What Should We Really Expect from Macroeconomic Policy?
November 3, 2011
7/7/11: Fiscal Stimulus and Distortionary Taxation

12/29/10: Monetary Policy and Stock Market Booms
12/29/10: Taxes, Transfers, and Employment in an Incomplete Markets Model
11/23/10: Comment on Eggertsson, "What Fiscal Policy Is Effective at Zero Interest Rates?"
11/23/10: Microfoundations of Inflation Persistence in the New Keynesian Phillips Curve
11/15/10: CQER Letters
10/1/10: Workshop on Methods and Applications for Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models - October 1-2, 2010
8/30/10: Introducing Financial Frictions and Unemployment into a Small Open Economy Model
8/30/10: Involuntary Unemployment and the Business Cycle
8/30/10: DSGE Models for Monetary Policy Analysis
2/3/10: Band Pass Filter Computer Code
1/8/10: New Approaches to Fiscal Policy - January 8-9, 2010

12/10/09: GDP-Based Recession Indicator Index
10/26/09: Optimal Prediction Pools
10/26/09: Comparing and Evaluating Bayesian Predictive Distributions of Asset Returns
10/26/09: Sources of Variation in Holding Returns for Fed Funds Futures Contracts

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