How do Experts Forecast Sovereign Spreads? /

This paper assesses how forecasting experts form their expectations about future government bond spreads. Using monthly survey forecasts for France, Italy and the United Kingdom between January 1993 and October 2014, we test whether respondents consider the expected evolution of the fiscal balance-a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cimadomo, Jacopo
Other Authors: Claeys, Peter, Poplawski Ribeiro, Marcos
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/100
Online Access:Full text available on IMF