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]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Reception
* 2.1 Academic reception
* 2.2 Reception in the financial press and blogs
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## 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

* Best on the Street, a similar survey of financial analysts by the Wall Street Journal that is used to rank the relative performance of the analysts.
* Economic forecasting
* Survey of Professional Forecasters
* ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters
* Livingston Survey
* Blue Chip Economic Indicators
* OECD Main Economic Indicators
* OECD Economic Outlook
* Consensus Economics
* Consensus forecast

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Economic Forecasting Survey". Wall Street Journal. http://projects.wsj.com/econforecast. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Semiannual Economic Forecasting Survey: 2007 Second Half". Wall Street Journal. https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-fore-0707_frameset.html. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
3. ↑ "Stuart G. Hoffman". https://www.pnc.com/webapp/unsec/Solutions.do?siteArea=/pnccorp/PNC/Home/About+PNC/Media+Room/Bios/Stuart+G.+Hoffman. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mitchell, Karlyn; Pearce, Douglas K. (February 2009). "Do Wall Street Economists Believe in Okun's Law and the Taylor Rule?". http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/d/dkpearce/www/Okun-Taylor.pdf. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
5. ↑ Eisenbeis, Robert; Waggoner, Daniel; Zha, Tao (July 2002). "Evaluating Wall Street Journal Survey Forecasters: A Multivariate Approach". Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. http://www.frbatlanta.org/filelegacydocs/wp0208a.pdf?pagewanted=all. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
6. ↑ "The October 2013 Wall Street Journal Economic Forecast Survey". EconomicGreenfield. October 15, 2014. http://www.economicgreenfield.com/2013/10/15/the-october-2013-wall-street-journal-economic-forecast-survey/. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
7. ↑ Jackovis, Ted (April 18, 2014). "Florida unemployment rate nudges up 0.1%". TBO. http://tbo.com/news/business/florida-unemployment-rate-nudges-up-01-20140418/. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
8. ↑ Marcia Heroux Pounds (March 25, 2014). "State's robust recovery outpaces nation, aids workers". Sun-Sentinel. http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-03-25/news/fl-snaith-economic-forecast-20140325_1_pompano-beach-fort-lauderdale-miami-unemployment-rate-professional-and-business-services. Retrieved April 21, 2014.

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