qtr2month

<p>a <code>ts</code> or <code>mts</code> in quarterly frequency</p>

<p>It transforms a quarterly  time series in a monthly one. The values of the quarterly <code>ts</code> are set to the last month of the quarter.</p>

Methods and tools to estimate 'forecasts' of Brazilian macroeconomic variables in the near future or the recent past, i.e. 'nowcast'. It allows: extract information in real time, creating a real time data base; estimate relationship between macroeconomic variables via dynamic factors; forecast time series in previous periods of reference; forecast time series in the current period of reference (nowcasting); recreate a data base simulating the information available in the past for evaluating forecasting models accuracy (pseudo real-time data base); access information available in a specific date in the past (real-time data base), for some variables.

Daiane Mattos

nowcasting

Nowcast Analysis and Create Real-Time Data Basis

qtr2month: Quarterly to monthly transformation

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