Forecasting output and inflation: The role of asset prices

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 788-829

  Stock, James H ^a   Watson, Mark W ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2442579426     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jel.41.3.788     Document Type: Review

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