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While the number of persons working increased by 1.6% per year, on average, from 1970 to 2010, the CBO forecasts that the rate of annual employment growth will fall to just 0.4% in the coming decades.
But it is still not so sharp a theory that we can really rely on it for making confident forecasts.
But these countries' monetary authorities should base interest rates on conditional inflation forecasts rather than historical data during active disinflation.
When financial markets and the public fully understand monetary policy goals, strategies, and tactics, private-sector inflation expectations will align with official forecasts.
Walmart, for example, employs two million people, and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts that more than one million additional jobs will be created in America’s leisure and hospitality sector in the next decade.
However, as things stand, most independent economists expect 7-7.5% annual GDP in 2013-2017, while the International Monetary Fund forecasts a more optimistic 8.2-8.5% rate during this period.
As a consequence, Ireland’s budget surplus will come down, according to forecasts, from 4.7 to 4.3% of GDP.
But nobody forecasts strong growth like that now, because recoveries from financial crises are usually slow and painful.
The IMF forecasts the debt-to-GDP ratio in the US to rise to 85% by 2014 (prompting the rating agency Moody’s to threaten a downgrade in America’s bond ratings), and to 82% in Germany, 85% in France, 126% in Italy, and 144% in Japan.
Not only has China recently become the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, but the pace of its future emissions is expected to far exceed forecasts.
Since the World Cup ended in July, economic activity has plummeted, inflationary pressures have intensified, and consumer and business confidence have collapsed, leading many economists to slash their growth forecasts for this year.
This matters, because if the models overshoot for recent decades, the century-long forecasts are open to doubt.
Credible forecasts suggest that the UK’s population, now 64 million, could be above 80 million by mid-century.
Those focused on emerging markets are emphasizing accelerating growth, with some forecasts projecting a 5% increase in world output.
Most forecasts suggest that, with a huge effort, China can maintain 8% growth in 2009.
Expect more of the same in 2004, when the current account deficit should reach 5.1% of GDP, despite forecasts that the US economy will grow significantly faster than most of its trading partners.
In the eurozone, GDP will certainly decline in 2012, and forecasts for next year are mediocre at best.
The continuing optimism of Fed forecasts, and the reluctance to force banks to shore up their capital – often clothed in too-big-to-fail-rhetoric – amounted to serious policy failures.
After falling 0.6% in 2009, world GDP is expected to grow this year by 4.6%, and by 4.3% in 2011, according to International Monetary Fund forecasts – faster than average growth over the last three decades.
Yet, even with large deficits, economic growth in the US and Europe is anemic, and forecasts of private-sector growth suggest that in the absence of continued government support, there is risk of continued stagnation – of growth too weak to return unemployment to normal levels anytime soon.
The risks are asymmetric: if these forecasts are wrong, and there is a more robust recovery, then, of course, expenditures can be cut back and/or taxes increased.
But if these forecasts are right, then a premature “exit” from deficit spending risks pushing the economy back into recession.
The Moscow stock exchange lost 15% of its value in August, and Russia’s central bank forecasts a 25% decline in foreign investment this year.
For physical goods, there are costs associated with logistics and lead times, owing to inventories and poor forecasts of the market.
Five Reasons for Slow GrowthMILAN – A remarkable pattern has emerged since the 2008 global financial crisis: Governments, central banks, and international financial institutions have consistently had to revise their growth forecasts downward.
It is a pattern that has caused real damage, because overoptimistic forecasts delay measures that are needed to boost growth, and thus impede full economic recovery.
Anyone concerned about economic imbalances, and about excessive reliance on a volatile financial sector, will certainly hope that this aspect of the BoE’s “forward guidance” proves as unreliable as its forecasts of unemployment have been.
October headline inflation at 2.5% is above the 2% ECB target -- as is the latest forecast for 2006 inflation (updated forecasts come out the first of December).
Unfortunately, you cannot tell from the forecasts.
These days, it is common to read forecasts predicting that the US economy will grow at a 3% annual rate in the coming year.
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