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The remarks review recent growth dynamics, energy-price shocks, and preliminary GDP data, then assess forecast expectations for 2006 such as real GDP growth, housing and business investment trends, and stable interest and inflation assumptions. 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The document notes a sizable standard deviation for annual real GDP growth, implying a wide range of possible outcomes.",{"name":120,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":121},"How is the 2006 outlook characterized in the document?",{"text":122,"@type":114},"Most forecasters expect solid real GDP growth around roughly 3-1/4 to 3-1/2 percent, with anticipated slowing in housing investment, increased business fixed investment, and expectations that interest rates, unemployment, and core inflation remain 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comments about theeconomy's recent performance and theoutlook for 2006.Next,I will explainwhy making sound policy decisionsrequires me to think about both thedemand and supply sides of the econ-omy.Finally,I wili describe how thestories behind the forecasts directlyrelate to the way I think about theappropriate course for monetary policy.  \nPlease note that the views Iexpresstoday are mine alone.I do not presumeto speak for any of my colleagues in theFederal Reserve System.  \n# ■ Economic Performance andthe 2006 Outlook\n\nI will set the context for my remarks byfirst taking a brief look at our recent eco-nomic performance and the outlook for2006.Although the national economy in2005 was not as strong as it was in 2004,overallwe saw solid growth for the year.As you know,the economy endured aseries of significant energy-price shocksthat,in earlier eras,might have triggereda recession.Instead,third-quarter GDPgrowth remained strong  \nNow,it is true that the advance estimatefor fourth-quarter GDP growth was only  \n1.I percent.Some may interpret thisweak performance as a sign that theenergy shocks may have finally takentheir toll.However,we should remindourselves that these are preliminarynumbersThird-quarter GDP growthwas substantially revised upward,so wemay learn in a few weeks that fourth-quarter growth was not quite as weak asthe initial estimate indicates.  \n# Economic Forecasts and Monetary Policy\n\nWe should also remember that it is fairlycommon to miss on forecasts ofquarter-to-quarter economic performance.Forinstance,it would not surprise me toomuch to look back and see that some ofthe growth we thought would occur inthe final three months of last year wasactually spread across the third quarterof 2005—when GDP growth wasstronger than expected—and the firstquarter or two of this year.  \nPlease understand that l am not suggest-ing we should be complacent about theweak statistic for fourth-quarter growthI will be watching the incoming datavery carefully over the next severalmonths.In fact,the early data for Janu-ary have been reasonably good.  \nAssuming the preliminary fourth-quarterrepor holds up,though,GDP still grewlast year by 3.5 percent.For the year as awhole,it is clear that employmentgrowth accelerated,business fixedinvestment was relatively strong,andcore inflation remained subdued.  \nWhat about the outlook for 2006?Mostforecasters are expecting another solidperformance.Forecasts published byBlue Chip Economic Indicators,theCongressional Budget Office,andNABE economists generally call for realGDP to expand by roughly 3-1/4 to3-1/2 percent this year.Housing invest-ment is generally expected to slow,whilebusiness fixed investment is expected toincrease.These forecasts call for interestrates,the unemployment rate,and coreinflation to remain steady.I know that atthe meeting last month of the ClevelandAssociation for Business Economics,your three forecasters presented viewsthat were largely the same.  \nFebruary 15,2006  \nEconomic forecasts are essentialtools for monetary policymakers.Butbehind the numbers of any givenorecast,demand-or supply-sidefactors could be at play,each requir-ing very different policy responses.For this reason,explains SandraPianalto,the president and chiefexecutive officer of the FederalReserve Bank of Cleveland,in herrole as a policymaker it is as impor-tant to think about why an economicforecast calls for the economy to headtoward a certain point as it is to knowwhat that forecasted point is.Theseremarks were originally presented tothe Cleveland Association for BusinessEconomics on February 13,2006.  \nNo one,of course,is expecting thatevery detail of these forecasts will proveto be precisely accurate.We have toacknowledge reality:Any forecast isonly as good as our ability to look intothe future and foresee the unforeseeable.  \nIn fact,the standard deviation","cbCaisfSWHUjKYoS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisfSWHUjKYoS","pdf",1100738,"English","# Economic Performance and the 2006 Outlook\n# Economic Forecasts and Monetary Policy\n## Thinking about the Demand and Supply Sides of the Economy","[{\"question\":\"Why does the speaker emphasize the “story” behind economic forecasts?\",\"answer\":\"Because policymakers need to understand both the demand- and supply-side assumptions driving the forecast, not only the numeric “what.” This helps connect forecast reasoning to appropriate monetary-policy responses.\"},{\"question\":\"What uncertainties does the document highlight about forecasting accuracy?\",\"answer\":\"Forecasts can be wrong, and uncertainty remains even with strong forecasting models. 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