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The climbing limo method of forecasting future GDP in the United States projects the nation's economic output in Q4 2024 will be approximately $29.6 trillion. With the third estimate of GDP now ...

The US Bureau of Economic Analysis estimated that real GDP contracted at an annualized rate of 0.3 percent in Q1 2025, the first negative reading since Q1 2022. The April 29 GDPNow nowcasts were well ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -A ChatGPT analysis of qualitative commentary in PMI releases can significantly improve GDP forecasting, a paper published by the European Central Bank of Thursday showed. The ECB ...

A central message delivered Friday (Jan. 30) by Mervin Jebaraj is that economic conditions in 2026 will look similar to 2025 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Markets Rose Modestly Despite Weak GDP And Tariff Concerns Starbucks Slumps, Caterpillar Gains On Mixed Earnings And Outlook ...

The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow forecasting model has done a complete 180 over the past two months. Uncertainty regarding President Trump's tariff policy, coupled with the third highest valuation premium for ...

It has been especially difficult to get a read on the current state of this economy, ever since the government shutdown started last week and agencies in Washington stopped delivering economic data.

The field of economic models and forecasting encompasses the development and application of theoretical, empirical and computational frameworks to predict future economic outcomes. These models range ...

Talk about hope triumphing over experience. The IMF has a long and dismal economic forecasting record. Yet, twice a year it still comes out with a World Economic Outlook report that purports to tell ...

This Technical Assistance followed a request by the National Bank of Ukraine for a review of their existing Quarterly ...