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An Empirical Note on the Success of Forecasting Economic Developments in Major Emerging Markets

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  • Iikka Korhonen

    (Bank of Finland PO Box 160 00101 Helsinki, Finland)

  • Maria Ritola

    (Demos Helsinki Laivurinkatu 41 00150 Helsinki, Finland)

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In this paper we assess the rationality and goodness-of-fit of macroeconomic forecasts for 21 large emerging market countries during the past two decades. We find that in some countries forecasts have not been rational in the sense that they seem to have a systematic bias. We also find that for both GDP growth and inflation the forecast errors are larger for more volatile economies. For some countries GDP and inflation forecast errors have positive correlation, which is consistent with New Keynesian macromodels, whereas for other countries this is not the case. Our results suggest that relying on any one forecast methodology is not prudent. © 2014 The Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Iikka Korhonen & Maria Ritola, 2014. "An Empirical Note on the Success of Forecasting Economic Developments in Major Emerging Markets," Asian Economic Papers, MIT Press, vol. 13(1), pages 131-154, Winter.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:asiaec:v:13:y:2014:i:1:p:131-154
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    Keywords

    emerging markets; forecasts; rationality of forecasts;
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    JEL classification:

    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • E37 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications

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