Economic Forecasts and the Budget.

Assesses the accuracy of economic forecasts made by CBO, OMB, and private forecasters used for budget projections. Reviews measures of forecast error and compares actual forecasting error in GNP and gross domestic product growth, inflation, the unemployment rate, and interest rates for Treasury bill...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Inflation (Finance) Interest rates. Unemployment. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Assesses the accuracy of economic forecasts made by CBO, OMB, and private forecasters used for budget projections. Reviews measures of forecast error and compares actual forecasting error in GNP and gross domestic product growth, inflation, the unemployment rate, and interest rates for Treasury bills. Examines the implications of economic forecasts for the budgetary process. Includes tables.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.