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In this paper, we examine and extend the results of Ball and Croushore (2003) and Rudebusch and Williams (2009), who show that the output forecasts in the Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF) are inefficient. Ball and Croushore show that the SPF out-put forecasts are inefficient with respect...
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This paper argues that probability forecasts convey information on the uncertainties that surround macroeconomic forecasts in a manner which is straightforward and which is preferable to other alternatives, including the use of confidence intervals. Probability forecasts relating to UK output...
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We find that 30-minute changes in bond yields around scheduled Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announcements are … predicts a contractionary policy news shock (positive change in bond yields), a negative GDP growth revision predicts an … expansionary policy news shock (negative change in bond yields). Failing to account for this predictability biases the estimates of …
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