THE ACCURACY AND BIAS EVALUATION OF THE USA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FORECASTS. METHODS TO IMPROVE THE FORECASTS ACCURACY

In this study some alternative forecasts for the unemployment rate of USA made by four institutions (International Monetary Fund (IMF), Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Blue Chips (BC)) are evaluated regarding the accuracy and the b...

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Autor Principal: MIHAELA BRATU (SIMIONESCU)
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado: University of Petrosani 2012-12-01
Series:Annals of the University of Petrosani: Economics
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Acceso en liña:http://www.upet.ro/annals/economics/pdf/2012/part4/Bratu.pdf