American Economic Review
ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)
Forecasting the Recovery from the Great Recession: Is This Time Different?
American Economic Review
vol. 103,
no. 3, May 2013
(pp. 147–52)
Abstract
This paper asks whether the slow recovery of the US economy from the trough of the Great Recession was anticipated, and identifies some of the factors that contributed to surprises in the course of the recovery. We construct a narrative using news reports and government announcements to identify policy and financial shocks. We then compare forecasts and forecast revisions of GDP to the narrative. Successive financial and fiscal shocks emanating from Europe, together with self-inflicted wounds from the political stalemate over the US fiscal situation, help explain the slowing of the pace of an already slow recovery.Citation
Dominguez, Kathryn M. E., and Matthew D. Shapiro. 2013. "Forecasting the Recovery from the Great Recession: Is This Time Different?" American Economic Review, 103 (3): 147–52. DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.3.147Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- C53 Forecasting Models; Simulation Methods
- E23 Macroeconomics: Production
- E27 Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment: Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
- E32 Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- G01 Financial Crises