Global economic modelling requires rethink

Recent economic forecasting failures are prompting methodological changes

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  • Slow-moving relationships
  • Hindsight as the best predictor
  • Banks' leverage and capital ratios
  • Banks' funding models
  • Banks' asset quality
  • Debt and current account deficit
  • Quality of statistics
  • Housing markets
  • Household wealth
  • Older variables
  • Recession predictors

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