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Prague Conference on Real-Time Data Analysis, Methods and Applications

19 September, 2024

CERGE-EI and the Czech National Bank are sponsoring a conference on real-time data analysis, methods, and applications in macroeconomics. The conference will take place in Prague in March 2025. The call for papers is now open.

Prague, 20–21 March 2025

The conference brings together leading researchers in real-time economic analysis, and encompasses nowcasting, high-frequency data, surveys, macro econometrics, data revisions, and macroeconomic policy.

We welcome submissions, empirical and theoretical, especially on (but not limited to) the following areas:

  • Nowcasting, forecasting, and real-time monitoring of macroeconomic and financial conditions
  • The use of real-time data in policy formulation and analysis
  • New real-time macroeconomic and financial databases
  • Real-time modelling and high-frequency financial data
  • Survey data and their uses in macro model analysis and evaluation
  • Machine learning methods and applications in real-time macroeconomics
  • Probability forecasts, density forecasts, risk assessments and scenarios

Keynote speaker

Athanasios Orphanides (MIT Sloan School of Management)

Important dates

The deadline for paper submissions is 11 November 2024. Successful authors will be notified by 13 January 2025. To submit, use the online submission form. Should you have any questions, please write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We look forward to receiving your submissions.

The call for papers can be downloaded here: Call for papers (pdf, 137 kB)

Expenses

Limited funding is available to cover hotel accommodation for academic presenters. PhD students and researchers who earned their degree within the past five years will be given priority in funding. Costs will not be covered for central bank participants.

Please indicate in your submission whether you will require funding from the Czech National Bank.

Scientific Committee

Dean Croushore (University of Richmond)

Domenico Giannone (University of Washington and International Monetary Fund)

Barbara Rossi (ICREA, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona School of Economics, and CREI)

Tara Sinclair (George Washington University)

Sergey Slobodyan (CERGE-EI)

Shaun Vahey (University of Warwick and CAMA, ANU)

Simon van Norden (HEC Montréal, CIRANO and CIREQ)

Local organizers

Volha Audzei (Czech National Bank)

Sergey Slobodyan (CERGE-EI)