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Covid-19 outbreak and beyond: a retrospect on the information content of short-time workers for GDP now- and forecasting
We document whether a simple, univariate model for quarterly GDP growth is able to deliver forecasts of yearly GDP growth in a crisis period like the Covid-19 pandemic, which may serve cross-checking forecasts...