What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Output Gaps? /

Estimates of output gaps continue to play a key role in assessments of the stance of business cycles. This paper uses three approaches to examine the historical record of output gap measurements and their use in surveillance within the IMF. Firstly, the historical record of global output gap estimat...

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1. Verfasser: Barkema, Jelle
Weitere Verfasser: Gudmundsson, Tryggvi, Mrkaic, Mico
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/259
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF