How well do analysts forecast interest rates?

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 385-394

  Kolb, R A ^a,c   Stekler, H O ^b  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c US Military Academy

Author keywords

Consensus forecast; Forecast evaluation; Interest rate forecasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039532035     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-131x(199609)15:5<385::aid-for627>3.0.co;2-b     Document Type: Article

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