Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Annual Growth Survey 2013: Discussion with European Commission Representation in Ireland

2:30 pm

Mr. Nigel Nagarajan:

One is then trying to extrapolate on that basis to talk about the future. When the economy more or less continues along a smooth path, one's forecasting should more or less be accurate. What has happened with the crisis is that there has been a very large shock due to the build-up of different factors and balances, etc., and it is true that in many cases institutions did not correctly forecast the size of that shock. That is a reason we need to reflect on how to strengthen our models. There is a considerable reflection exercise ongoing in my institution and other institutions about how to improve models and forecasts.

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