Are 16-month-ahead forecasts useful? A directional analysis of Japanese GDP forecasts

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-207

  Ashiya, Masahiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Directional analysis; Forecast evaluation; Macroeconomic forecast; Rationality

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

DIRECTIONAL ANALYSIS; FORECAST EVALUATION; MACROECONOMIC FORECAST; RATIONALITY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 33646420857     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: 1099131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/for.980     Document Type: Article

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