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2005 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Using the Forecasts

Authors : Nicolas Carnot, Vincent Koen, Bruno Tissot

Published in: Economic Forecasting

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Demand for forecasts obviously arises from a need to form a view on the future.1 A government, for example, when preparing next year’s budget, has to rely on a forecast of activity in order to quantify the foreseeable tax receipts. Social partners have to refer to some forecast of inflation when negotiating wage increases. Firms contemplating investment in new factories try to anticipate demand for the corresponding output. In fact, in virtually all walks of economic life, agents regularly use forecasts as inputs into their decisions. That said, forecast accuracy is far from perfect, as discussed in Chapter 11, and preferences and constraints along with forecasts matter in framing decisions.

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Metadata
Title
Using the Forecasts
Authors
Nicolas Carnot
Vincent Koen
Bruno Tissot
Copyright Year
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230005815_12