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Economic Nowcasting with Bridge Equations and Real-Time Evaluation

v0.1.0 · Mar 25, 2026 · MIT + file LICENSE

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Provides bridge equations with optional autoregressive terms for nowcasting low-frequency macroeconomic variables (e.g. quarterly GDP) from higher-frequency indicators (e.g. monthly retail sales). Handles the ragged-edge problem where different indicators have different publication lags via mixed-frequency alignment. Includes pseudo-real-time evaluation with expanding or rolling windows, and the Diebold-Mariano test for comparing forecast accuracy following Harvey, Leybourne, and Newbold (1997) <doi:10.1016/S0169-2070(96)00719-4>. No API calls; designed to work with data from any source.

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