Forecast disagreement among FOMC members

Chanont Banternghansa and Michael McCracken

No 2009-059, Working Papers from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Abstract: This paper presents empirical evidence on the disagreement among Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) forecasts. In contrast to earlier studies that analyze the range of FOMC forecasts available in the Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, we analyze the forecasts made by each individual member of the FOMC from 1992 to 1998. This newly available dataset, while rich in detail, is short in duration. Even so, we are able to identify a handful of patterns in the forecasts related to i) forecast horizon; ii) whether the individual is a Federal Reserve Bank president, governor, and/or Vice Chairman; and iii) whether individual is a voting member of the FOMC. Additional comparisons are made between forecasts made by the FOMC and the Survey of Professional Forecasters.

Keywords: Federal Open Market Committee; Monetary policy; Economic forecasting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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