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On Kedlaya type inequalities for weighted means
In 2016 we proved that for every symmetric, repetition invariant and Jensen
concave mean the Kedlaya-type inequality holds for an
arbitrary ( stands for the arithmetic mean). We are going
to prove the weighted counterpart of this inequality. More precisely, if
is a vector with corresponding (non-normalized) weights
and denotes the weighted mean then, under
analogous conditions on , the inequality holds for every and such that the sequence
is decreasing.Comment: J. Inequal. Appl. (2018
Padé approximant related to inequalities involving the constant e and a generalized Carleman-type inequality
Hilbert-Type Inequalities Including Some Operators, the Best Possible Constants and Applications: A Survey
European economic sentiment indicator: an empirical reappraisal
In the last five decades the European Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) has positioned itself as a high-quality leading indicator of overall economic activity. Relying on data from five distinct business and consumer survey sectors (industry, retail trade, services, construction and the consumer sector), ESI is conceptualized as a weighted average of the chosen 15 response balances. However, the official methodology of calculating ESI is quite flawed because of the arbitrarily chosen balance response weights. This paper proposes two alternative methods for obtaining novel weights aimed at enhancing ESI\u27s forecasting power. Specifically, the weights are determined by minimizing the root mean square error in simple GDP forecasting regression equations; and by maximizing the correlation coefficient between ESI and GDP growth for various lead lengths (up to 12 months). Both employed methods seem to considerably increase ESI\u27s forecasting accuracy in 26 individual European Union countries. The obtained results are quite robust across specifications