00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.847394 CaOODSP 20250306134436 cr ||||||||||| 180420s2010 onc |o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- YN5-136/2010E-PDF Matier, Chris. An approach for assessing uncertainty and the balance of risks [electronic resource] : constructing a fan chart for real GDP growth forecasts / [prepared by Chris Matier]. Constructing a fan chart for real GDP growth forecasts Ottawa : Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, 2010. iii, 8 p. : col. charts. Issued also in French under title: Une approche pour évaluer l’incertitude et la résultante des risques : élaboration d’un graphique en éventail pour les prévisions de la croissance du PIB réel. "August 30, 2010." Includes bibliographic references. "Economic forecasts presented in the Government’s budgets and fiscal updates provide a single or ‘point’ forecast, which represents only one possible future outcome. Different economic outcomes – with varying degrees of probability – are of course possible. Although it is not possible to know, with certainty, the distribution of these future outcomes, it is nonetheless useful to illustrate the uncertainty surrounding a baseline economic forecast to enhance discussion about risks to the economic outlook and to help policymakers gauge the likelihood of possible economic scenarios"--Key Points, p. ii. gccst Gross domestic product gccst Economic forecasting Canada. Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer. Une approche pour évaluer l’incertitude et la résultante des risques (CaOODSP)9.855615 PDF 557 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/dpb-pbo/YN5-136-2010-eng.pdf