Arbeitspapier

Practice and Prospects of Medium-term Economic Forecasting

Government agencies and other national and international institutions are asked to perform forecasts over the medium term. In particular, the EU Stability and Growth Pact contains the obligation to formulate stability programmes over four years, covering a general economic outlook as well as the projected development of public finances. However, the current practice of performing medium-term economic projections is unsatisfactory from a methodological point of view as the applied methodology has been developed for short-run forecasting and it is questionable whether these methods are useful for the medium term. In particular, currently medium-term projections are mostly based on the neoclassical Solow growth model with an aggregate production function with labour, capital, and exogenous technological progress. It might be argued, however, that for medium-run projections endogenous growth models might be better suited. In this paper we give an overview of currently used methods for medium-term macroeconomic projections. Then we analyse the performance of medium-term forecasts for Austria to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of the typical approach. In particular, the five-year projections of real GDP growth, inflation and the unemployment rate are investigated. Finally, we describe some approaches to improve medium-run projections.

ISBN
978-3-86788-198-2
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 177

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Forecasting Models; Simulation Methods
Business Fluctuations; Cycles
Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
General Outlook and Conditions
Thema
Econometric models
macroeconomic forecasts
aggregate production function
Austria
Wirtschaftsprognose
Prognoseverfahren
Theorie
Österreich

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Hofer, Helmut
Schmidt, Torsten
Weyerstrass, Klaus
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
(wo)
Essen
(wann)
2010

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Hofer, Helmut
  • Schmidt, Torsten
  • Weyerstrass, Klaus
  • Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)

Entstanden

  • 2010

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