Forecasting with news sentiment: Evidence with UK newspapers

Dooruj Rambaccussing; Andrzej Kwiatkowski

doi:10.1016/j.ijforecast.2020.04.002

Forecasting with news sentiment: Evidence with UK newspapers

Dooruj Rambaccussing (Lead / Corresponding author), Andrzej Kwiatkowski

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Abstract

We investigate the performance of newspapers for forecasting inflation, output and unemployment in the United Kingdom. We concentrate on whether the economic policy content reported in popular printed media can improve on existing point forecasts. We find no evidence supporting improved nowcasts or short-term forecasts for inflation. The sentiment inferred from printed media, can however be useful for forecasting unemployment and output. Considerable improvements are also noted when using individual newspapers and keyword based indices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1501-1516
Number of pages	16
Journal	International Journal of Forecasting
Volume	36
Issue number	4
Early online date	18 May 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2020.04.002
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2020

Keywords

Textual Econometrics
Economic Sentiments
Economic News
Inflation
Inflation Reports
Output growth
Newpapers
Textual econometrics
Economic news
Newspapers
Inflation reports
Economic sentiments

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Business and International Management
Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
Economics and Econometrics
Finance

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Forecasting with news sentiment: Evidence with UK newspapers

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