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The Track Record of the Commission Forecasts

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Keereman, F.
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This paper argues that the Commission forecasts dispose of a resaonable track record. Most of the traditional test for examining the quality of predictions are passed in a satisfactory way. The comparisons with forecasts made by the IMF, OECD and national forecast institutes are not unfavourable for the European Commission.

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Paper provided by Commission of the EC, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) in its series European Economy - Economic Papers with number 137.

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Date of creation: 1999
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Handle: RePEc:fth:eeccco:137

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Keywords: EUROPE ; FORECASTS;

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C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Other Model Applications
E17 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Forecasting and Simulation
O52 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe

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