How Accurate Are Private Sector Forecasts : Cross-Country Evidence From Consensus Forecasts of Output Growth /

This paper evaluates the performance of Consensus Forecasts of GDP growth for industrialized and developing countries from 1989 to 1998. The questions addressed are (1) How do forecast errors differ across industrialized and developing countries? (2) How well do forecasters predict recessions? (3) A...

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Автор: Loungani, Prakash
Формат: Журнал
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Серія:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/077
Онлайн доступ:Full text available on IMF