Improving GDP Measurement: A Measurement-Error Perspective

36 Pages Posted: 13 Apr 2013 Last revised: 17 Apr 2022

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S. Borağan Aruoba

University of Maryland - Department of Economics

Francis X. Diebold

University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Jeremy Nalewaik

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Frank Schorfheide

University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); University of Pennsylvania - The Penn Institute for Economic Research (PIER)

Dongho Song

Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Date Written: April 2013

Abstract

We provide a new and superior measure of U.S. GDP, obtained by applying optimal signal-extraction techniques to the (noisy) expenditure-side and income-side estimates. Its properties - particularly as regards serial correlation - differ markedly from those of the standard expenditure-side measure and lead to substantially-revised views regarding the properties of GDP.

Suggested Citation

Aruoba, S. Boragan and Diebold, Francis X. and Nalewaik, Jeremy John and Schorfheide, Frank and Song, Dongho, Improving GDP Measurement: A Measurement-Error Perspective (April 2013). NBER Working Paper No. w18954, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2250263

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