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December, 1986, Vol. 109, No. 12

Sensitivity of BLS economic projections
to exogenous variables

Norman C. Saunders
Economist, Office of Economic Growth and Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics

The 1995 macroeconomic model has been most responsive to changes in fiscal spending and to changes in foreign economic activity; assumptions regarding energy have had little effect on the estimates.

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