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

Prague, 20–21 March 2025

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Czech National Bank and CERGE-EI are sponsoring the Conference on Real-Time Data Analysis, Methods, and Applications in Macroeconomics. 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 RTE@cnb.cz. 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.