Growth and inflation forecasts for Germany a panel-based assessment of accuracy and efficiency
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Keywords
Forecast error evaluation; Germany; E32; E37;All these keywords.
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- E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- E37 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
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