The directional accuracy of 15-months-ahead forecasts made by the IMF

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 331-333

  Ashiya, Masahiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; IMF;

EID: 0037985266     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350485022000040998     Document Type: Article

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