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An approach for assessing uncertainty and the balance of risks : constructing a fan chart for real GDP growth forecasts / [prepared by Chris Matier].YN5-136/2010E-PDF

"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.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
TitleAn approach for assessing uncertainty and the balance of risks : constructing a fan chart for real GDP growth forecasts / [prepared by Chris Matier].
Variant title
  • Constructing a fan chart for real GDP growth forecasts
Publication typeMonograph
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • 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.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa : Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, 2010.
Author / Contributor
  • Matier, Chris.
Descriptioniii, 8 p. : col. charts.
Catalogue number
  • YN5-136/2010E-PDF
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