Outputs gaps in real time: How reliable are they?

Economic Record

Volumn 81, Issue 252, 2005, Pages 6-18

  Gruen, David ^a   Robinson, Tim ^b   Stone, Andrew ^b  

^a Australian Treasury   (Australia)

^b RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 17144392240     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2005.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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