A joint initiative of leading European economic institutes (Ifo Institute in Munich, INSEE in Paris and Istat in Rome) to produce short-term forecasts for GDP, consumption, industrial production and inflation in the euro zone.
Methodological note
This quarterly publication is prepared jointly by the German Ifo Institute, the French INSEE institute and the Italian Istat institute. The forecasts are produced with the help of tools shared by the two institutes, using time-series models based on business surveys by national institutes, Eurostat, and the European Commission.
Our joint two-quarter-ahead forecast covers euro-zone industrial production, GDP, consumption, investment, and inflation. Publication is timed to coincide with Eurostat’s second release of quarterly national accounts.
More in-depth economic diagnoses for each country (Germany, France, Italy) is available in:
Current release
Previous releases and methodological note
Ifo Project
Ifo Economic Forecast28 Jun 2012
Euro-zone Economic Outlook 04 July 201204:00 PM CEST
Euro-zone Economic Outlook 05 October 201204:00 PM CEST
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