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26 November 2025

Real-time Forecasting of Business Climate Index in Cultural, Sports, and Entertainment Industries of China: A Mixed-Frequency Dynamic Factor Model Approach

Lina Huang1 Qiwen Chen* Houzhong Jin1
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1 School of Sport Economics and Management, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 102200, China
LNE 2025 , 3(10), 49–62; https://doi.org/10.18063/LNE.v3i10.1100
© 2025 by the Author. Licensee Whioce Publishing, Singapore. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

Since China’s economic reform, the cultural, sports, and entertainment (CSE) industries have experienced significant growth. Currently, there is a lack of effective high-frequency indicators to help policymakers and industry practitioners monitor CSE developments in real time. This study constructs a Mixed-Frequency Dynamic Factor Model to provide real-time forecasting of the Prosperity Index of Enterprises (PIE) in China’s CSE industries, utilizing a dataset consisting of 26 macroeconomic indicators from 2010 to 2024. The results revealed that the model effectively captured fluctuations in PIE, successfully distinguishing economic situation before and after the COVID-19. Compared to existing macroeconomic forecasting models, this model exhibits superior predictive accuracy.

Keywords
Dynamic factor model
Cultural industry
Sports industry
Entertainment industry
China
Mixed-frequency data
Real-time forecasting
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