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title: GDP Nowcast Model for India
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5045024/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 5045024
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5045024
featured: 2024-12-12
citations: unknown
topic: Macro-Finance & Rates
---


# GDP Nowcast Model for India

The article calls for a reassessment of Indian GDP nowcasting models due to COVID-19 related distortions and the influence of high-frequency indicators.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5045024
- Identifier: SSRN 5045024
- Released: 2024-12-06
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 78 (2024-12-12): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-12-12/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Macro-Finance & Rates

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