Abstract

This chapter will discuss real-time forecasting in a macroeconomic policy context. I will begin by talking about the Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF), a survey of private-sector forecasters. Next, I will discuss research on real-time data analysis and its importance in forecasting. Finally, I will discuss real-time forecasting in the 1990s.

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2011

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Copyright © 2011 W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. This book chapter first appeared in Advances in Economic Forecasting.

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