Explainable Prediction of Economic Time Series Using IMFs and Neural Networks

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Autores principales: Hidalgo, Pablo, Sandubete, Julio E., García-García, Agustín
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Publicado: 2025
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author Hidalgo, Pablo
Sandubete, Julio E.
García-García, Agustín
author_facet Hidalgo, Pablo
Sandubete, Julio E.
García-García, Agustín
contents This study investigates the contribution of Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs) derived from economic time series to the predictive performance of neural network models, specifically Multilayer Perceptrons (MLP) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks. To enhance interpretability, DeepSHAP is applied, which estimates the marginal contribution of each IMF while keeping the rest of the series intact. Results show that the last IMFs, representing long-term trends, are generally the most influential according to DeepSHAP, whereas high-frequency IMFs contribute less and may even introduce noise, as evidenced by improved metrics upon their removal. Differences between MLP and LSTM highlight the effect of model architecture on feature relevance distribution, with LSTM allocating importance more evenly across IMFs.
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spellingShingle Explainable Prediction of Economic Time Series Using IMFs and Neural Networks
Hidalgo, Pablo
Sandubete, Julio E.
García-García, Agustín
Econometrics
Computational Finance
91B84, 62M10
This study investigates the contribution of Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs) derived from economic time series to the predictive performance of neural network models, specifically Multilayer Perceptrons (MLP) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks. To enhance interpretability, DeepSHAP is applied, which estimates the marginal contribution of each IMF while keeping the rest of the series intact. Results show that the last IMFs, representing long-term trends, are generally the most influential according to DeepSHAP, whereas high-frequency IMFs contribute less and may even introduce noise, as evidenced by improved metrics upon their removal. Differences between MLP and LSTM highlight the effect of model architecture on feature relevance distribution, with LSTM allocating importance more evenly across IMFs.
title Explainable Prediction of Economic Time Series Using IMFs and Neural Networks
topic Econometrics
Computational Finance
91B84, 62M10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.12499