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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155013803321

Autore

Nowak Sylwia

Titolo

Forecast Errors and Uncertainty Shocks / / Sylwia Nowak, Pratiti Chatterjee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016

ISBN

9781475555530

1475555539

9781475555561

1475555563

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (15 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

ChatterjeePratiti

Disciplina

338.54430973

Soggetti

Economic forecasting - United States

Exports and Imports

Inflation

Macroeconomics

Forecasting

Forecasting and Other Model Applications

Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty

Business Fluctuations

Cycles

Current Account Adjustment

Short-term Capital Movements

Price Level

Deflation

Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: General (includes Measurement and Data)

International economics

Economic Forecasting

Economic growth

Current account balance

Economic forecasting

Business cycles

Balance of payments

Prices

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Macroeconomic forecasts are persistently too optimistic. This paper finds that common factors related to general uncertainty about U.S. macrofinancial prospects and global demand drive this overoptimism. These common factors matter most for advanced economies and G- 20 countries. The results suggest that an increase in uncertainty-driven overoptimism has dampening effects on next-year real GDP growth rates. This implies that incorporating the common structure governing forecast errors across countries can help improve subsequent forecasts.