Evaluating Medium Term Forecasting Methods and their Implications for EU Output Gap Calculations

This paper discusses the accuracy and merits of the EU's common methodology for calculating output gaps.

Information and identifiers

Discussion Paper 070. October 2017. Brussels. PDF. 52pp. Tab. Graph. Bibliogr. Free.

KC-BD-17-070-EN-N (online)
ISBN 978-92-79-64931-8 (online)
ISSN 2443-8022 (online)
doi:10.2765/952494 (online)

JEL classification: E320, E270

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