Macroeconomic Forecasting and Machine Learning
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11008v1
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 04:56:51 GMT
- Title: Macroeconomic Forecasting and Machine Learning
- Abstract summary: We produce accurate predictions of the entire profile of macroeconomic risk in real time.<n>Regularization via shrinkage is essential to control model complexity, while introducing nonlinearities yields limited improvements in predictive accuracy.
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- Abstract: We forecast the full conditional distribution of macroeconomic outcomes by systematically integrating three key principles: using high-dimensional data with appropriate regularization, adopting rigorous out-of-sample validation procedures, and incorporating nonlinearities. By exploiting the rich information embedded in a large set of macroeconomic and financial predictors, we produce accurate predictions of the entire profile of macroeconomic risk in real time. Our findings show that regularization via shrinkage is essential to control model complexity, while introducing nonlinearities yields limited improvements in predictive accuracy. Out-of-sample validation plays a critical role in selecting model architecture and preventing overfitting.
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