December 10, 2003

SAFE: a quarterly model of the Dutch economy for short-term analyses

CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis publishes the short-term model SAFE

Press release

SAFE is the name of a large-scale macro econometric quarterly model used by CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis in preparing short-term forecasts and analyses of the Dutch economy.

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This document gives a comprehensive description of the SAFE model. The description of the model's equations and results concerns the model version used since the preparation of the Macroeconomic Outlook 2003. In order to explain the working of the model, the results from a number of standard shocks and scenarios are presented.

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This document gives a comprehensive description of the SAFE model. The description of the model's equations and results concerns the model version used since the preparation of the Macroeconomic Outlook 2003. In order to explain the working of the model, the results of a number of standard shocks and scenarios are presented.