External assumptions, the international environment and the track record of the Commission Forecasts /

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Author / Creator:Keereman, Filip.
Imprint:Brussels : European Commission, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, 2003.
Description:70 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Language:English
Series:Economic papers ; no.189
Economic papers (Brussels, Belgium) ; no. 189.
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5151220
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Other authors / contributors:European Commission. Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs.
ISBN:9289461829
Notes:"September 2003."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47).
Also available online as an electronic resource.
Summary:While in the Commission Forecasts interest rates, exchange rates or oil prices are treated more like assumptions, it is interesting to test their realism. It appears that these variables are formulated in a reasonably accurate way and that in general alternative assumptions would not improve the picture.