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The boosted HP filter is more general than you might think

Ziwei Mei, Peter C. B. Phillips, Zhentao Shi

arXiv 20 Sep 2022 · Econometrics · 5 citations (OpenAlex)

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Abstract

The global financial crisis and Covid recession have renewed discussion concerning trend-cycle discovery in macroeconomic data, and boosting has recently upgraded the popular HP filter to a modern machine learning device suited to data-rich and rapid computational environments. This paper extends boosting's trend determination capability to higher order integrated processes and time series with roots that are local to unity. The theory is established by understanding the asymptotic effect of boosting on a simple exponential function. Given a universe of time series in FRED databases that exhibit various dynamic patterns, boosting timely captures downturns at crises and recoveries that follow.

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1Hamilton, J. D (2018) Why You Should Never Use the Hodrick-Prescott Filter1.00063100%
2Phillips, P. C. B. and Z. Shi (2021) Boosting: Why You Can Use the HP Filter self0.98421695%
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4Biswas, E., F. Sabzikar, and P. C. B. Phillips (2023) Boosting the HP Filter for Trending Time Series with Long Range Dependence0.73732100%
5Hall, V. B. and P. Thomson (2024) Selecting a Boosted HP Filter for Growth Cycle Analysis Based on Maximising Sharpness0.73732100%
6Phillips, P. C. B (1987) Towards a Unified Asymptotic Theory for Autoregression self0.73732100%
7Ravn, M. O. and H. Uhlig (2002) On Adjusting the Hodrick-Prescott Filter for the Frequency of Observations0.64422100%
8Whittaker, E. T (1923) On a New Method of Graduation0.64422100%
9Phillips, P. C. B (1998) New Tools for Understanding Spurious Regressions self0.5112250%
10Hall, V. B. and P. Thomson (2021) Better Alternative0.51121100%

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