Growth : Now and Forever? »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2014/117
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Giang Ho , and Paolo Mauro
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 02 July 2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498309820.001
ISBN: 9781498309820
Keywords: growth forecast, optimism bias, forecast horizon, economic growth, growth forecasts, growth rates, growth rate, economic growth forecasts,
Forecasters often predict continued rapid economic growth into the medium and long term for countries that have recently experienced strong growth. Using long-term forecasts of economic growth from the IMF/World Ba...