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Emerging Economies: Business Cycles, Growth, and Policy

Testing the Out-of-Sample Forecasting Ability of a Financial Conditions Index for South Africa

Kirsten ThompsonDepartment of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Reneé van EydenDepartment of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Rangan GuptaDepartment of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Pages 486-501 | Published online: 17 Jun 2015

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