What were they thinking? Estimating the quarterly forecasts underlying annual growth projections
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Forecasting; frequency disaggregation; survey expectations;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
- E37 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ETS-2022-06-13 (Econometric Time Series)
- NEP-MAC-2022-06-13 (Macroeconomics)
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