Credibility of macroeconomic forecasts – experiences of stability and growth pact and multi-year budgeting Cover Image

Ocena wiarygodności prognoz makroekonomicznych – doświadczenia paktu stabilności i wzrostu a wieloletnie planowanie budżetowe
Credibility of macroeconomic forecasts – experiences of stability and growth pact and multi-year budgeting

Author(s): Sławomir Franek
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: public finance; multi-year budgeting; Stability and Growth Pact

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to assess the credibility of macroeconomic forecasts used for multi-year budgeting. It draws data from the stability and convergence programmes of the EU countries. The paper is a comparative analysis of these programs in terms of the quality of forecasts of the basic parameters such as: rate of real GDP growth, the ratio of general government deficit to GDP and ratio of public debt to GDP.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 271 vol 1
  • Page Range: 152-161
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish