Wall Street Journal Economic Survey

The Wall Street Journal Economic Survey, also known as the Wall Street Journal Economic Forecasting Survey, could refer to either the monthly or the semi-annual survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal of over 50 economists on important indicators of the economy of the United States.[1][2]

History

Records of the monthly survey on the Wall Street Journal website go back to December 2002[1] and records of the semiannual survey range between the years 2003 and 2007.[2] However, the survey dates back to at least 1986.[3][4]

Reception

Academic reception

The Wall Street Journal Economic Survey has been cited and used in some academic research on forecast accuracy and the nature of expectations.[4][5]

Reception in the financial press and blogs

Forecasts made in the Wall Street Journal Economic Survey are often discussed by other financial press and blog articles.[6][7][8]

See also

References
  1. "Economic Forecasting Survey". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  2. "Semiannual Economic Forecasting Survey: 2007 Second Half". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  3. "Stuart G. Hoffman". Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  4. Mitchell, Karlyn; Pearce, Douglas K. (February 2009). "Do Wall Street Economists Believe in Okun's Law and the Taylor Rule?" (PDF). Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  5. Eisenbeis, Robert; Waggoner, Daniel; Zha, Tao (July 2002). "Evaluating Wall Street Journal Survey Forecasters: A Multivariate Approach" (PDF). Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  6. "The October 2013 Wall Street Journal Economic Forecast Survey". EconomicGreenfield. October 15, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  7. Jackovis, Ted (April 18, 2014). "Florida unemployment rate nudges up 0.1%". TBO. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  8. Marcia Heroux Pounds (March 25, 2014). "State's robust recovery outpaces nation, aids workers". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
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