Editing Economic forecasting (section)

==List of regularly published surveys based on polling economists on their forecasts==

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! Organization name !! Forecast name !! Number of individuals surveyed !! Number of countries covered !! List of countries/regions covered !! Frequency !! How far ahead the forecasts are made for !! Start date
|-
|Blue Chip Publications division of [[Aspen Publishers]]
|[[Blue Chip Economic Indicators]]<ref name="bcei-publication-page">{{cite web|url=http://www.aspenpublishers.com/product.asp?catalog_name=Aspen&category_name=&product_id=SS01934600|title=Blue Chip Economic Indicators|last=Moore|first=Randell E.|access-date=April 13, 2014}}</ref>
|50+<ref name="bcei-publication-page" />
|1
|[[United States]]
|Monthly<ref name="bcei-publication-page" />
|?
|1976<ref name="bcei-publication-page" />
|-
| [[Consensus Economics]] || Consensus Forecasts || over 1000<ref name=ce-main/><ref name=ce-about/> || 115<ref name=ce-main>{{cite web|url=http://www.consensuseconomics.com|title = Consensus Economics|publisher = Consensus Economics|access-date = April 14, 2014}}</ref><ref name=ce-about>{{cite web|url=http://www.consensuseconomics.com/about.htm|title = Consensus Economics (about page)|publisher = Consensus Economics|access-date = April 14, 2014}}</ref> || Member countries of the [[G7|G-7 industrialized nations]], the [[Eurozone]] region as well as various economies in [[Western Europe]], the [[Middle East]], [[Central Asia]], [[Africa]], [[Asia Pacific]], [[Eastern Europe]], [[Latin America]] and the [[Nordic countries]].<ref name=ce-main/><ref name=ce-about/> || Daily, Weekly and monthly<ref name=ce-main/><ref name=ce-about/> || 1 month to 10 years || 1989<ref name=institutional-investors>{{cite web|url=http://www.consensuseconomics.com/Data_For_Institutional_Investors.htm|title = Data For Institutional Investors|publisher = Consensus Economics|access-date = April 14, 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia]]
|[[Livingston Survey]]<ref name="livingston">{{cite web|url=http://www.philadelphiafed.org/research-and-data/real-time-center/livingston-survey/|title=Livingston Survey|publisher=[[Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia]]|access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref>
|?
|1
|[[United States]]<ref name="livingston" />
|Bi-annually (June and December every year)<ref name="livingston" />
|Two bi-annual periods (6 months and 12 months from now), plus some forecasts for two years
|1946<ref name="livingston" />
|-
| [[European Central Bank]] || [[ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters]]<ref name=ecb-spf>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/prices/indic/forecast/html/index.en.html|title = ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters|publisher = [[European Central Bank]]|access-date = April 13, 2014}}</ref><ref name=introducing-ecb-spf>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpops/ecbocp8.pdf|title = An Introduction to the ECB's Survey of Professional Forecasters|author = Juan Angel Garcia|date = September 2003|publisher = [[European Central Bank]]}}</ref> || 55 || ? || [[Euro zone]] || Quarterly<ref name=ecb-spf/> || Two quarters and six quarters from now, plus the current and next two years || 1999<ref name=ecb-spf/><ref name=introducing-ecb-spf/>
|-
| RFE
|Resources for Economists
|?
|?
|Global Economic Outlook
|Quarterly
|Two quarters and six quarters from now, plus the current and next two years
|1949
|}