Macrofinancial Causes of Optimism in Growth Forecasts /

We analyze the causes of the apparent bias towards optimism in growth forecasts underpinning the design of IMF-supported programs, which has been documented in the literature. We find that financial variables observable to forecasters are strong predictors of growth forecast errors. The greater the...

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Главный автор: Carriere-Swallow, Yan
Другие авторы: Marzluf, Jose
Формат: Журнал
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Серии:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/275
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