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New filters revolutionize measuring business cycles in economic time series!

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The Review of Economics and Statistics
Measuring Business Cycles: Approximate Band-Pass Filters for Economic Time Series
Marianne Baxter, Robert G. King

Paper Summary

Band-pass filters are tools used in economics to analyze economic trends. A new set of filters has been created to better measure the business cycle in economic data. These filters were compared to existing methods and found to be effective in isolating the business-cycle component of economic activity.

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