The Use of Butterworth Filters for Trend and Cycle Estimation in Economic Time Series
使用巴特沃斯滤波器估计经济时间序列的趋势与周期
Long-term trends and business cycles are usually estimated by applying the Hodrick and Prescott (HP) filter to X-11 seasonally adjusted data. A two-stage procedure is proposed in this article to improve this methodology. The improvement is based on (a) using Butterworth or band-pass filters specifically designed for the problem at hand as an alternative to the HP filter, (b) applying the selected filter to estimated trend cycles instead of to seasonally adjusted series, and…