EU Commission Methodology for Estimating Potential Output

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EU Commission Methodology for Estimating Potential Output Kieran Mc Morrow 5 November 2015 Brussels (AIECE Working Group on Longer Term Issues & Structural Change)

Outline of Presentation 1, Introductory Remarks 2, Overview of the EU's Common Methodology - Graphical & technical description of PF methodology - Recent changes : NAWRU - Trend TFP calculations 3, What information is given to Policy Makers - Main tabular & graphical "outputs" of PF method 4, How reliable is this information - Comparison of Real time performance (OECD / IMF) 5, Conclusions (Future Changes)

1, Introductory Remarks How has the method developed over time? -1999 mandate from ECOFIN Council to EPC -2001 OGWG report advocated use of PF method -EPC / ECOFIN Council Endorsement of method (July 2002 + May 2004) -Hours worked (Autumn 2005) + Kalman Filter TFP methodology (Autumn 2010) + NAWRU modification(spring 2014) What is the method used for? - Fiscal surveillance (LR Debt sustainability + SR/MT Structural Balances) - Impact of financial crisis (Impact of crisis on long run growth potential) - EU s «2020» Strategy - Annual Growth Survey / «European Semester» What is the institutional setup who are the key actors? - DG ECFIN (Day-to-day operation of method) - OGWG (Technical discussions) - EPC / Euro Group / ECOFIN Council (Political Endorsement) What are the key principles driving the method? - Simplicity - Transparency / Equal Treatment - Prudent / unbiased estimates

2, Overview of the EU's Common Methodology

Graphical Presentation of PF Method

Technical Model Specification

Closer look at the Euro Area NAWRU (Unemployment Gap & Change in NULC or RULC)

TFP

3, What information is given to Policy Makers

EURO AREA 19 PF Method : Tabular "outputs" Output Gaps (% of Potential HP Filter PF method Actual Output Growth (annual % change) Potential Growth (annual % change) HP Trend Growth PF Potential Growth Total Labour (Hours) Contribution Contributions to Potential Growth* Labour (persons) Contribution Changes in Hours (per Empl) Contribution Capital Accumulation Contribution TFP Contribution Determinants of Labour Potential and Capital Accumulation Growth of Working Age Population (annual % change) Trend Participation Rate (% of Working Age Population) NAWRU (% of Labour Force) 1999-0,1 0,7 3,0 2,3 2,3 0,4 (0,7) (-0,3) 0,9 1,0 0,2 62,6 9,3 22,2 2000 1,5 2,1 3,9 2,3 2,4 0,5 (0,8) (-0,3) 0,9 1,0 0,3 63,2 9,1 22,7 2001 1,4 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 0,5 (0,8) (-0,3) 0,8 1,0 0,4 63,3 9,0 22,5 2002 0,4 0,9 1,0 2,0 2,0 0,4 (0,7) (-0,3) 0,7 0,9 0,5 63,7 8,9 21,8 2003-0,7-0,3 0,7 1,9 1,9 0,5 (0,7) (-0,2) 0,7 0,8 0,5 64,0 9,0 21,7 2004-0,2 0,1 2,3 1,7 1,9 0,5 (0,7) (-0,2) 0,7 0,7 0,5 64,3 8,9 21,8 2005 0,0 0,0 1,7 1,5 1,8 0,4 (0,6) (-0,2) 0,7 0,6 0,5 64,6 9,0 22,0 2006 1,9 1,4 3,3 1,3 1,8 0,4 (0,6) (-0,2) 0,8 0,6 0,4 64,9 8,9 22,8 2007 3,9 2,7 3,1 1,1 1,8 0,4 (0,6) (-0,2) 0,8 0,5 0,4 65,2 8,9 23,5 2008 3,5 1,8 0,5 0,9 1,4 0,2 (0,4) (-0,2) 0,8 0,5 0,4 65,5 9,0 23,1 2009-2,0-3,4-4,5 0,7 0,6-0,2 (0,0) (-0,3) 0,4 0,4 0,1 65,6 9,3 20,4 2010-0,6-2,1 2,0 0,6 0,6-0,2 (0,1) (-0,3) 0,4 0,4 0,0 65,7 9,4 20,2 2011 0,4-1,1 1,6 0,6 0,7-0,1 (0,2) (-0,2) 0,4 0,4 0,0 65,7 9,3 20,4 2012-1,0-2,3-0,8 0,6 0,4-0,3 (-0,0) (-0,2) 0,2 0,4 0,1 66,2 9,5 19,6 2013-2,1-3,1-0,5 0,7 0,4-0,2 (0,0) (-0,2) 0,2 0,4 0,0 66,2 9,7 19,0 2014-1,9-2,8 0,9 0,7 0,6 0,0 (0,2) (-0,1) 0,2 0,4 0,1 66,3 9,7 19,1 2015-1,3-2,1 1,5 0,9 0,8 0,1 (0,2) (-0,0) 0,2 0,4 0,1 66,4 9,8 19,3 2016-0,4-1,1 1,9 1,0 0,9 0,2 (0,2) (-0,0) 0,3 0,4 0,1 66,6 9,8 19,9 2017-0,1-0,8 1,4 1,1 1,0 0,2 (0,2) (-0,0) 0,3 0,5 0,1 66,8 9,8 20,4 2018 0,2-0,4 1,4 1,2 1,0 0,2 (0,2) (-0,0) 0,4 0,5 0,1 66,9 9,8 20,7 2019 0,4 0,0 1,4 1,2 1,0 0,1 (0,2) (-0,1) 0,4 0,5 0,0 67,1 9,8 21,0 2020 0,2 0,0 1,2 1,4 1,2 0,3 (0,3) (-0,0) 0,4 0,5 0,1 67,2 9,7 21,1 2021 0,2 0,0 1,3 1,3 1,3 0,3 (0,3) (0,0) 0,4 0,5 0,0 67,3 9,5 21,2 2022 0,0 0,0 1,2 1,4 1,2 0,2 (0,2) (0,0) 0,4 0,5-0,1 67,3 9,2 21,2 2023-0,1 0,0 1,2 1,4 1,2 0,2 (0,2) (0,0) 0,4 0,6-0,1 67,4 8,9 21,2 2024-0,3 0,0 1,2 1,4 1,2 0,2 (0,1) (0,0) 0,4 0,6-0,1 67,4 8,6 21,2 Ave 1999-2007 2,0 0,5 0,7-0,2 0,8 0,8 0,4 64,0 9,0 22,3 Ave 2015-2024 1,1 0,2 0,2 0,0 0,4 0,5 0,0 67,0 9,5 20,7 Investment Ratio (% of Potential Output)

PF Method : Graphical "outputs"

4, How reliable is this information?

Are the output gap estimates from the EPC's PF Methodology less stable & less reliable than those of OECD & IMF? (Relative performance for EA- 2004-2014) 1,Short run stability (Change in Structural Balance) 2,Long Run Real Time Reliability (Reduce policy errors in real time 1970's Oil shocks) (Data Sources : CIRCABC; successive IMF WEO & OECD EO Databases)

Short Run (Forecast-to-Forecast) Stability (Euro Area) (2004-2014) Percentage Points 0,25 0,20 0,15 0,10 0,05 0,20 0,15 0,16 0,14 0,09 0,09 0,06 0,05 0,05 0,00 2004-2014 2006-2008 2009-2014 EU IMF OECD 14

Long Run (Real Time) Reliability (Euro Area) (2004-2014) 3,5 3,3 Percentage Points 3,0 2,5 2,0 1,5 1,0 0,5 0,9 1,3 2,0 1,9 2,6 0,4 0,5 1,3 0,0 2004-2014 2006-2008 2009-2014 EU IMF OECD

Concluding Remarks (Future Changes) 1, Presentation has provided an overview of the PF methodology which has been developed by the OGWG & endorsed by the EPC / ECOFIN Council 2.Uncertainty / Revisions will always be a feature of OG calculations but in relative terms, the stability & real time reliability performance of the EU's calculation method has been superior to that of the OECD & IMF methodologies over the period 2004-2014 (+ performance has steadily improved over time -low absolute revisions in the post crisis years). 3. Upswing stage of cycles is the ongoing "achilles heel" of all mainstream OG estimation methods ("Good economic times" is where the most significant fiscal & structural policy errors are made) 4, Future Changes - Method will always be "Work in Progress" (although the trend is clearly towards greater methodological stability) - Individual country experiences (feedback from ECFIN desk officers) - Alternative specifications / estimation approaches - New data sources / Developments in literature