Abstract
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has conducted both the Survey of Professional Forecasters and the Livingston Survey for 20 years. Both surveys of private-sector forecasters provide researchers, central bankers, news media, and the public with detailed forecasts of major macroeconomic variables. The surveys have proved helpful for people who are planning for the future, and they have also provided useful input into the decisions of policymakers at the Federal Reserve and elsewhere. In this article, Dean Croushore provides an overview of the surveys and discusses the ways in which researchers have used the surveys.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2010
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2010 Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. This article first appeared in Business Review - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Q3 (July 2010): 1-11.
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Recommended Citation
Croushore, Dean. "Philadelphia Fed Forecasting Surveys: Their Value for Research" Business Review - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Q3 (July 2010): 1-11.