A financial conditions index for South Africa /:

"The main purpose of this paper is to construct a financial conditions index (FCI) for South Africa. The analysis extracts the index by applying two alternative approaches (principal component analysis and Kalman filter), which identify an unobservable common factor from a group of external and...

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Main Authors: Gumata, Nombulelo (Author), Klein, Nir (Author), Ndou, Eliphas (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. African Department
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2012.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/12/196.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"The main purpose of this paper is to construct a financial conditions index (FCI) for South Africa. The analysis extracts the index by applying two alternative approaches (principal component analysis and Kalman filter), which identify an unobservable common factor from a group of external and domestic financial indicators. The alternative estimated FCIs, which share a similar trajectory over time, seem to have a powerful predictive information for the near-term GDP growth (up to four quarters), and they outperform the South African Reserve Bank's (SARB) leading indicator as well as individual financial variables. Their recent dynamics suggest that following a strong recovery in late-2009 and 2010, reflecting in part domestic factors such as systematic reductions in the policy rate, the rebound in real economic activity, and a benign inflationary environment, the financial conditions have deteriorated in recent months, though not as sharply as in end-2008. Given their relatively high predictive power regarding GDP growth, a further deterioration may imply that economic activity is likely to slow in the period ahead"--Page [1].
Item Description:Title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed Aug. 2, 2012).
"African Department."
"August 2012."
Physical Description:1 online resource (20 pages) : charts
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 16).
ISBN:9781475555639
1475555636

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