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TREND–CYCLE–SEASONAL INTERACTIONS: IDENTIFICATION AND ESTIMATION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2018

Irma Hindrayanto ,
Jan P.A.M. Jacobs ,
Denise R. Osborn  and
Jing Tian
Irma Hindrayanto
Affiliation:
De Nederlandsche Bank
Jan P.A.M. Jacobs*
Affiliation:
University of Groningen, University of Tasmania, CAMA, and CIRANO
Denise R. Osborn
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, University of Tasmania, and CAMA
Jing Tian
Affiliation:
University of Tasmania
*
Address correspondence to: Jan P.A.M. Jacobs, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, PO Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, the Netherlands; e-mail: j.p.a.m.jacobs@rug.nl.
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Abstract

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Economists typically use seasonally adjusted data in which the assumption is imposed that seasonality is uncorrelated with trend and cycle. The importance of this assumption has been highlighted by the Great Recession. The paper examines an unobserved components model that permits nonzero correlations between seasonal and nonseasonal shocks. Identification conditions for estimation of the parameters are discussed from the perspectives of both analytical and simulation results. Applications to UK household consumption expenditures and US employment reject the zero correlation restrictions and also show that the correlation assumptions imposed have important implications about the evolution of the trend and cycle in the post-Great Recession period.

Keywords

Trend–Cycle–Seasonal DecompositionUnobserved ComponentsSeasonal AdjustmentEmploymentGreat Recession

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Macroeconomic Dynamics , Volume 23 , Issue 8 , December 2019 , pp. 3163 - 3188
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Footnotes

We thank Siem Jan Koopman and Kai Ming Lee for helpful discussions. We also thank Ralph Snyder, Ken Wallis, Tom Wansbeek, William A. Barnett, and an associate editor for detailed comments on a previous version of the paper. However, any errors are entirely the responsibility of the authors. Views expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of the Dutch Central Bank.

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