A New Data Set on Monetary Policy: The Economic Forecasts of Individual Members of the FOMC

David Romer ()

No 15208, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This paper describes a new data set of the forecasts of output growth, inflation, and unemployment prepared by individual members of the Federal Open Market Committee. The paper discusses the scope of the data set, possibilities for extending it, and some potential uses. It offers a preliminary examination of some of the cross-sectional features of the data.

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