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Quarterly GDP Revisions in G-20 Countries: Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis

By Manik L. Shrestha, Marco Marini

March 7, 2013

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Manik L. Shrestha, and Marco Marini. Quarterly GDP Revisions in G-20 Countries: Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2013) accessed November 12, 2024
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Summary

This paper presents a statistical analysis of revisions in quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) of the Group of Twenty countries (G-20) since 2000. The main objective is to assess whether the reliability of early estimates of quarterly GDP has been weakened from the turmoil of the 2008 financial crisis. The results indicate that larger and more downward revisions were observed during the years 2008 and 2009 than in previous years.

Subject: Business cycles, Economic growth, Financial crises, Global financial crisis of 2008-2009, National accounts

Keywords: Africa, Business cycles, Compilation system, GDP estimate, GDP revision, Global, Global financial crisis of 2008-2009, Gross Domestic Product, Quarterly GDP, Quarterly National Accounts, Revision process, Revisions Analysis, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    43

  • Volume:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2013/060

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2013060

  • ISBN:

    9781475557398

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941