An evaluation of inflation forecasts from surveys using real-time data

B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Croushore, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluating forecasts; Inflation forecasting; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953150801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1690.1677     Document Type: Review

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