
An Evaluation of the World Economic Outlook Forecasts »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2006/59
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Allan Timmermann
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451863192.001
ISBN: 9781451863192
Keywords: Global economic condition, forecast performance, and evaluation, inflation, statistics, correlation, inflation forecasts, General Aggregative Models: Forecasting and Simulation, Prices, Business Fluctuations
The World Economic Outlook (WEO) is a key source of forecasts of global economic conditions. It is therefore important to review the performance of these forecasts against both actual outcomes and alternative forec...