## Abstract Forecasters commonly predict real gross domestic product growth from monthly indicators such as industrial production, retail sales and surveys, and therefore require an assessment of the reliability of such tools. While forecast errors related to model specification and unavailability
Short-term forecasts of euro area GDP growth
✍ Scribed by Elena Angelini; Gonzalo Camba-Mendez; Domenico Giannone; Lucrezia Reichlin; Gerhard Rünstler
- Book ID
- 110880156
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 373 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1368-4221
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