What central bankers need to know about forecasting oil prices

International Economic Review

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 869-889

  Baumeister, Christiane ^a   Kilian, Lutz ^b  

^a Bank of Canada ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84904872876     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iere.12074     Document Type: Article

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