The accuracy of forecasts prepared for the Federal Open Market Committee

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 83, Issue , 2016, Pages 23-43

  Chang, Andrew C ^a   Hanson, Tyler J ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b Vokal Interactive   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian model averaging; Federal Open Market Committee; Forecast accuracy; Greenbook; National income and product accounts; Real time data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954233090     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2015.12.001     Document Type: Article

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