Has the forecasting performance of the Federal Reserve’s Greenbooks changed over time?
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Keywords
evaluating forecasts; Greenbook inflation forecasts; SPF inflation forecasts; time-variation in coefficients;All these keywords.
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- C11 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Bayesian Analysis: General
- E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
- E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
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