Alternative Methods of Estimating Potential Output and the Output Gap : An Application to Sweden /

This paper reviews a number of different methods that can be used to estimate potential output and the output gap. Measures of potential output and the output gap are useful to help identify the scope for sustainable noninflationary growth and to allow an assessment of the stance of macroeconomic po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saxena, Sweta
Other Authors: Cerra, Valerie
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/059
Online Access:Full text available on IMF