Output Gap Uncertainty and Real-Time Monetary Policy /

Output gap estimates are subject to a wide range of uncertainty owing to data revisions and the difficulty in distinguishing between cycle and trend in real time. This is important given the central role in monetary policy of assessments of economic activity relative to capacity. We show that countr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grigoli, Francesco
Other Authors: Di Bella, Gabriel, Herman, Alexander, Swiston, Andrew
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/014
Online Access:Full text available on IMF