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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मुख्य लेखक: An, Zidong
अन्य लेखक: Jalles, Joao Tovar, Loungani, Prakash
स्वरूप: पत्रिका
भाषा:English
प्रकाशित: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
श्रृंखला:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/039
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ऑनलाइन पहुंच:Full text available on IMF