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Projecting GDP Growth Using Trends in Labor Force Participation


Abstract: Measuring the output gap without accounting for the trend in labor force participation may lead to persistent misdiagnoses of the state of the economy.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Part of Series: Economic Synopses

Publication Date: 2014

Issue: 26

Order Number: 3