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title: Forecasting GDP Growth Rates: A Large Panel Micro Data Approach
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5151633/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 5151633
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5151633
featured: 2025-03-20
citations: 1
topic: Macro-Finance & Rates
---


# Forecasting GDP Growth Rates: A Large Panel Micro Data Approach

Using individual accounting earnings from corporate financial reports can provide more accurate GDP forecasts, according to a new micro-forecasting approach.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5151633
- Identifier: SSRN 5151633
- Released: 2025-02-25
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 89 (2025-03-20): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-03-20/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 1
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Macro-Finance & Rates

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