EVALUATING MULTIPERIOD SURVEY FORECASTS OF REAL NET EXPORTS

Authors
BAGHESTANI H
Citation
H. Baghestani, EVALUATING MULTIPERIOD SURVEY FORECASTS OF REAL NET EXPORTS, Economics letters, 44(3), 1994, pp. 267-272
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Economics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01651765
Volume
44
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
267 - 272
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1765(1994)44:3<267:EMSFOR>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Examination of the ASA-NBER survey data on real net exports indicates that the multiperiod professional forecasts are all unbiased. The shor t-term as welt as the four-quarter-ahead forecasts are also rational, suggesting their usefulness in policy-making.