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Interest Rate Based Forecasts of German Economic Growth

Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 127 (1991): 701-718

Campbell R. Harvey

Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA

Abstract

Interest rates provide a window to future economic growth. Interest represents the rate at which people are willing to trade money today for money tomorrow. This rate is fundamentally linked to expectations of economic growth.