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2007 Q3

Inflation forecasts Core inflation forecasts Real GDP growth forecasts Unemployment rate forecasts

HICP Inflation forecasts

Inflation is defined as the year on year percentage change in the euro area all items Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), as published by Eurostat

2007 Q3 inflation forecasts
  2007 2008 2009 June 2008 June 2009 2012
Mean point estimate 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Standard deviation 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Number of replies 53 53 46 49 42 44
Probability distributions 2007 2008 2009 June 2008 June 2009 2012
<0.0% 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.10.3
0.0-0.4% 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.31.0
0.5-0.9% 0.4 1.1 1.8 1.5 1.92.9
1.0-1.4% 2.6 5.7 8.8 7.4 10.510.0
1.5-1.9% 38.6 40.1 40.8 40.4 38.639.0
2.0-2.4% 51.6 43.7 38.8 40.8 37.735.9
2.5-2.9% 6.3 7.8 7.7 8.7 9.37.8
3.0-3.4% 0.4 1.0 1.3 0.7 1.62.3
>3.5% 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.10.8
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Core HICP inflation forecasts

Core inflation is defined as the year on year percentage change in the euro area HICP special aggregate ‘all items excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco’, as published by Eurostat.

Real GDP growth forecasts

Real GDP growth is defined as year on year percentage change of real GDP (i.e. in volumes) in the euro area , according to the standardised European System of national and regional Accounts 2010 definition, as published by Eurostat.

2007 Q3 real GDP growth forecasts
  2007 2008 2009 2008 Q1 2009 Q1 2012
Mean point estimate 2.7 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.2
Standard deviation 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3
Number of replies 52 52 42 46 38 40
Probability distributions 2007 2008 2009 2008 Q1 2009 Q1 2012
<0.0% 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.10.3
0.0-0.4% 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.50.9
0.5-0.9% 0.2 1.0 1.6 0.8 1.92.6
1.0-1.4% 1.0 4.1 6.4 4.5 7.86.7
1.5-1.9% 4.2 15.1 20.4 18.2 22.323.2
2.0-2.4% 21.7 42.8 43.4 42.4 38.538.6
2.5-2.9% 58.0 30.4 21.2 27.0 21.818.6
3.0-3.4% 13.9 5.4 5.4 5.9 5.96.8
3.5-3.9% 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.91.8
>4.0% 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.20.5
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Unemployment rate forecasts

The unemployment rate is defined as the number of unemployed, according to the ILO's definition, as a percentage of the labour force, as published by Eurostat.

2007 Q3 unemployment rate forecasts
  2007 2008 2009 May 2008 May 2009 2012
Mean point estimate 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.8 6.6 6.4
Standard deviation 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.6
Number of replies 52 52 42 44 38 40
Probability distributions 2007 2008 2009 May 2008 May 2009 2012
<5.5% 0.0 0.3 1.0 0.2 1.66.5
5.5-5.9% 0.1 1.8 5.0 2.7 4.77.1
6.0-6.4% 1.9 16.0 21.9 16.6 21.020.2
6.5-6.9% 34.0 44.9 39.5 41.9 37.031.3
7.0-7.4% 52.5 28.4 23.3 28.9 24.321.1
7.5-7.9% 8.6 6.6 6.8 7.2 7.78.2
8.0-8.4% 2.1 1.6 1.7 1.7 2.33.3
8.5-8.9% 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.91.3
9.0-9.4% 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.20.5
9.5-9.9% 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.20.3
10.0-10.4% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.10.1
10.5-10.9% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00.0
>11.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0