The problem reminds me of the issue
"forecasting the aggregate vs summing disaggregate forecasts".
Hendry and Hubrich (2011) "Combining Disaggregate Forecasts or
Combining Disaggregate Information to Forecast an Aggregate", Journal of Business & Economic
Statistics, conclude on the basis of the RMSFEs (no
tests) that direct forecasting of the aggregate is better than
combining disaggregate forecasts. In this persepctive you could
use a Diebold-Mariano test.
Stefano
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