Dispersion of FOMC Policymakers: Evidence from Individual Economic Projections with Identities
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Keywords
FOMC; Individual Projections; Regional Influence; Policy Preference; Forecast Efficiency;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
- E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
- E47 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
- E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBA-2025-04-21 (Central Banking)
- NEP-FOR-2025-04-21 (Forecasting)
- NEP-MAC-2025-04-21 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-MON-2025-04-21 (Monetary Economics)
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