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The Predictive Power of the Index of Consumer Sentiment

E. Philip Howrey

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity · 2001 · 214 citations · 12 references

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Social SciencesBusiness EconomicsEconomicsEconometricsForecastingPredictive AnalyticsConsumer TheoryForecast EvaluationHousehold EconomicsSentiment AnalysisConsumer SentimentEconomic UncertaintyPredictive EconometricsProxy Variables For SentimentSentiment IndicesSentiment Measurement

Abstract

consumer sentiment, predictive power, index of consumer sentiment, macroeconomics

References

12

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