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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Autore principale: Barkema, Jelle
Altri autori: Gudmundsson, Tryggvi, Mrkaic, Mico
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/259
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF