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APPLICATION 167Table 4.4. Out-<strong>of</strong>-Sample Forecast Comparison Among Linear, TAR, and MSA Modelsfor the U.S. Quarterly Unemployment Rate. The Starting Forecast Origin is 1968.II,Where the Row Marked by “MSE” Shows the MSE <strong>of</strong> the Benchmark Linear Model.(A)Relative MSE <strong>of</strong> forecastModel 1-step 2-step 3-step 4-step 5-step(a) Overall comparisonLinear 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00TAR 1.00 1.04 0.99 0.98 1.03MSA 1.19 1.39 1.40 1.45 1.61MSE 0.08 0.31 0.67 1.13 1.54(b) Forecast origins in economic contractionsLinear 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00TAR 0.85 0.91 0.83 0.72 0.72MSA 0.97 1.03 0.96 0.86 1.02MSE 0.22 0.97 2.14 3.38 3.46(c) Forecast origins in economic expansionsLinear 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00TAR 1.06 1.13 1.10 1.15 1.17MSA 1.31 1.64 1.73 1.84 1.87MSE 0.06 0.21 0.45 0.78 1.24(B)Mean <strong>of</strong> forecast errorsModel 1-step 2-step 3-step 4-step 5-step(a) Overall comparisonLinear .03 .09 .17 .25 .33TAR −.10 −.02 −.03 −.03 −.01MSA .00 −.02 −.04 −.07 −.12(b) Forecast origins in economic contractionsLinear 0.31 0.68 1.08 1.41 1.38TAR 0.24 0.56 0.87 1.01 0.86MSA 0.20 0.41 0.57 0.52 0.14(c) Forecast origins in economic expansionsLinear −.01 .00 .03 .08 .17TAR −.05 −.11 −.17 −.19 −.14MSA −.03 −.08 −.13 −.17 −.16

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