Federal Reserve Economic Projections: Difference between revisions

* Projections of real GDP growth, for example, have been too optimistic since the beginning of the SEP in 2007.  For most of the period, the midpoints of the central tendencies projected faster real GDP growth than actually occurred. As an example, the Committee participants missed the onset of the recession in 2007, underestimated its severity, and overestimated the speed of recovery.

* Projections of unemployment were also too optimistic throughout the recession and early stages of recovery. In contrast, as the recovery gained momentum, Committee participants’ projections of unemployment became too pessimistic

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