Assessment of the Plausibility of the Output Gap Estimates

A detailed description of a new tool used by DG ECFIN to improve its methodological approach towards calculating output gaps and potential output gaps.

Information and identifiers

Economic Brief 023. April 2017. Brussels. PDF. 16pp. Tab. Graph. Bibliogr. Free.

KC-BE-17-023-EN-N (online)
ISBN 978-92-79-64840-3 (online)
ISSN 2443-8030 (online)
doi:10.2765/33035 (online)

JEL classification: E320

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