A real time evaluation of Bank of England forecasts of inflation and growth

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-80

  Groen, Jan J J ^a   Kapetanios, George ^b   Price, Simon ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forecast performance; Growth; Inflation; Real time data

Indexed keywords

EID: 59249109628     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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