The role of financial spreads in macroeconomic forecasting: Evidence for the UK

Manchester School

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-110

  Sarantis, Nicholas ^a   Lin, Sharon X ^a  

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EID: 0041029822     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9957.00134     Document Type: Article

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