Evaluating FOMC forecast ranges: an interval data approach
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- Henning Fischer & Marta García-Bárzana & Peter Tillmann & Peter Winker, 2014. "Evaluating FOMC forecast ranges: an interval data approach," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 47(1), pages 365-388, August.
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Forecast evaluation; interval data; Federal Reserve; monetary policy;JEL classification:
- C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
- E37 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - 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-ALL-2012-03-28 (All new papers)
- NEP-FOR-2012-03-28 (Forecasting)
- NEP-MON-2012-03-28 (Monetary Economics)
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