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A CBO Report: CBO's Economic Forecasting Record [i) (October 2003)

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                                        CBO
                                           REPORT


          CBO's Economic Forecasting Record
                            An evaluation ot the economic forecasts
                      CBO made from January 1976 through January 2001
                                         October 2003





                                         CONTENTS


Sources of Data for the Evaluation

Measuring the Quality of Forecasts

The Effects of Business Cycles and Changes in the Trend Rate of Productivity Growth

CBO's Forecasting Record

Appendix: Choosing Sources of Historical and Forecast Data


Tables

la. Summary Measures of Forecast Performance for Two-Year Averages
lb. Summary Measures of Forecast Performance for Five-Year Averages
2. CBO, Administration, and Blue Chip Forecasts of Two-Year Average Growth Rates for Real Output
3. COO, Administration, and Blue Chip Forecasts of Two-Year Average Growlh Rates for Nominal Output
4. COO, Administration, and Blue Chip Forecasts of Two-Year Average Inflation in the Consumer Price Index
5. CBO, Administration, and Blue Chip Forecasts of Two-Year Average Nominal Interest Rates on 1hree-
    Month Treasury Bills
6   CBO, Administration, and Blue Chip Forecasts of Two-Year Averages for Nominal Long-Term Interest
    Rates
7. CBO, Administration, and Blue Chip Forecasts of Two-Year Average Heal Interest Rates on Three-Month
    Treasury Bills
8. CIO, Administration, and Blue Chip Forecasts of the Difference Between Two-Year Average Inflation in
    the CPI and in the GNP or GDP Price Index
9. CBO and Administration Forecasts of the Two-Year Change in Wage and Salary Disbursements Plus
    Corporate Book Profits as a Share of Output
 10. CBO, Administration, and Blue Chip Projections of Five-Year Average Growth Rates for Real Output
 11. COO, Administration, and Blue Chip Projections of Five-Year Average Growth Rates for Nominal Output
 12. CBO, Administration, and Blue Chip Projections of the Difference Between Five-Year Average Inflation in
    the CPI and in ihe GNP or GDP Price Index
13. COO and Administration Projections of the Five-Year Change in Wage and Salary Disbursements Plus
     Corporate Book Profits as a Share of Output


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