Economic Commentaries: The accuracy of different analysts’ forecasts for GDP in 2008

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This Economic Commentary updates the assessment of GDP forecasts presented in the material for assessing monetary policy published by the Riksbank in connection with the first Monetary Policy Report of this year. The results of the assessment show that all of the forecasters examined made substantial errors with regard to GDP growth in 2008. The Riksbank’s forecasting accuracy was slightly better than the average of all forecasters.

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