The role of macroeconomic, policy, and forecaster uncertainty in forecast dispersion
We explore the role of uncertainty in explaining dispersion in professional forecasters’ density forecasts of real output growth and inflation. We consider three separate notions of uncertainty: general macroeconomic uncertainty (the fact that macroeconomic variables are easier to forecast at some t...
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2017
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2134 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3134/viewcontent/Disagreement_v0_.pdf |
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| المؤسسة: | Singapore Management University |
| اللغة: | English |
| الملخص: | We explore the role of uncertainty in explaining dispersion in professional forecasters’ density forecasts of real output growth and inflation. We consider three separate notions of uncertainty: general macroeconomic uncertainty (the fact that macroeconomic variables are easier to forecast at some times than at others), policy uncertainty, and forecaster uncertainty. We find that dispersion in individual density forecasts is related to overall macroeconomic uncertainty and policy uncertainty, while forecaster uncertainty (which we define as the average in the uncertainty expressed by individual forecasters) appears to have little role in forecast dispersion. |
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