An Evaluation of World Economic Outlook Growth Forecasts, 2004-17 /

This paper examines the performance of World Economic Outlook (WEO) growth forecasts for 2004-17. Short-term real GDP growth forecasts over that period exhibit little bias, and their accuracy is broadly similar to those of Consensus Economics forecasts. By contrast, two- to five-year ahead WEO growt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Celasun, Oya
Other Authors: Lee, Jungjin, Mrkaic, Mico, Timmermann, Allan
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/216
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