Workshop « Realtime 2015 » - 9th and 10th October 2015

The CIRANO is again sponsoring its annual conference on real-time data analysis, methods, and applications in macroeconomics and finance, to be held at CIRANO in Montreal, Quebec on Friday and Saturday, October 9-10, 2015.  The conference will bring together leading researchers in real-time analysis of economic data and will cover topics such as real-time macro- and financial econometrics, forecasting, and macroeconomic policy analysis, among others.

The organizers invite the submission of papers related to such topics as:

• Nowcasting, forecasting, and real-time monitoring of macroeconomic and financial conditions.
• The use of real-time data and survey data for the estimation and empirical validation of economic models
• Evaluation of data revision and real-time forecasts, including point forecasts, probability forecasts, density forecasts, risk assessments and decompositions.
• Macroeconomic modeling and macroeconomic policies in real-time.
• Real-time modeling and forecasting aspects of high-frequency financial data
• New original-vintage macroeconomic and financial databases

Both theoretical and applied studies are welcomed. Papers of potential interest to statistical agencies and policymakers are encouraged. 
Submissions: Papers should be sent to [email protected] before June 30, 2015. 
Program Committee Dean Croushore (University of Richmond) Domenico Giannone (FRB New York) Shaun Vahey (University of Warwick) Simon van Norden (HEC Montreal and CIRANO).