Reference no: EM132395100
EMET3007 Business and Economic Forecasting Australian National University Australia
Forecasting Project
For this project you must choose a monthly or quarterly time series, make a forecast, and evaluate your success. This means you will need to turn in three reports.
Project Description
This report is a brief description (1-2 paragraphs) of the variable you intend to forecast. You must include the following:
• A precise description of the variable you will be forecasting
• The original source for the time-series
• Where you obtained the series
• Which date you intend to forecast, when that data will be released, and where the data will be released.
If you have access to proprietary data and wish to use that, that’s fine1. Otherwise you can use any data series you wish. E.g. US data series are fine to use if you want. The Project Description should not be more than one page.
Project Report
This is the main forecast report. This report will include
• A description of the data series, historical data, and time-series problems of the series
• A description of a number of forecasting methods which you have used on this data
• An evaluation of the efficacy of the forecasting models used
• An indication of the optimal forecasting method
• Forecasts of the series for the coming year using the optimal method
• This should include point forecasts as well as more developed forecasts
• Anything else you think would be of interest
Forecast Evaluation
This is a short evaluation of you forecast, where you compare your one-step-ahead forecast with the actual realization. Would a decision maker have been wise to follow your forecast?