Reputation and Forecast Revisions: Evidence from the FOMC
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biased forecasts; reputation; forecast errors; monetary policy; transparency; Federal Reserve;All these keywords.
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- E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
- E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
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