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Forecasting Unemployment in Real Time during the Great Recession: An Elusive Task
Abstract: The unemployment rate has always been a focal point of discussions about the state of the economy because it provides a timely measure of the overall health of the labor market, and hence aggregate economic activity. In the aftermath of the Great Recession, many researchers, analysts, and policymakers have taken a keener interest in the unemployment rate not only as a gauge of current economic conditions, but also as a variable of interest for forecasting.
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https://doi.org/10.26509/frbc-ec-201515
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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Part of Series: Economic Commentary
Publication Date: 2015
Issue: Nov
Order Number: 15