Economic forecasting
By: Nicolas Carnot, Vincent Koen and Bruno Tissot.
Contributors: Koen, Vincent.; Tissot, Bruno.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781403936547; 9781403936530
Subjects: Economic forecasting
Description: "[Economic Forecasting] provides a comprehensive overview of macroeconomic forecasting. It focuses first on a large range of theories as well as empirical techniques: business cycle analysis, time series methods, macroeconomic models, medium and long-run projections, fiscal and financial forecasts, and sectoral forecasting. The book then addresses the main issues surrounding the use of forecasts, including accuracy and communication challenges, as well as their policy implications. A tour of the economic data and forecasting institutions is also provided."--Book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-302) and index.
Table of contents: title: First principles; title: The data; title: Incoming news and near-term forecasting; title: Time series methods; title: Modelling behaviour; title: Macroeconomic models; title: Medium-and long-run projections; title: Financial and commodity markets; title: Budget forecasts; title: Sectoral forecasting; title: Accuracy; title: Using the forecasts; title: Communication challenges; title: A tour of the forecasting institutions.