How Well Do Economists Forecast Recessions? /

We describe the evolution of forecasts in the run-up to recessions. The GDP forecasts cover 63 countries for the years 1992 to 2014. The main finding is that, while forecasters are generally aware that recession years will be different from other years, they miss the magnitude of the recession by a...

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מחבר ראשי: An, Zidong
מחברים אחרים: Jalles, Joao Tovar, Loungani, Prakash
פורמט: כתב-עת
שפה:English
יצא לאור: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
סדרה:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/039
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גישה מקוונת:Full text available on IMF