Has the economy become more predictable? Changes in greenbook forecast accuracy

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1217-1231

  Tulip, Peter ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecast errors; Greenbook; Predictability; Volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949094059     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2009.00253.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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