Forecasting the PSBR outside government: the IFS perspective

Christopher Giles; John Hall

Forecasting the PSBR outside government: the IFS perspective

Christopher Giles and John Hall

Journal article | Fiscal Studies, Vol. 19, No. 1, February 1998

01 Feb 1998

Expectations regarding the future state of the public finances are vital for public policy formation. The UK experience has been that forecasts of the PSBR have been beset with problems since the mid-1980s. Independent assessments of the accuracy and plausibility of public finance forecasts are an important check on government forecasts and serve to increase public debate over government finance issues. We examine the success of various possible methods available to those outside government.

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ISSN	Print: 0143-5671 Online: 1475-5890
JEL classification	E6, H1, H6.
Volume, issue, pages	Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 83-100
Published in	Fiscal Studies, Vol. 19, No. 1, February 1998, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 83-100

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