Release of Research Data "Output Gap and Potential Growth Rate"

December 21, 2015
Research and Statistics Department
Bank of Japan

The Research and Statistics Department of the Bank of Japan will start to release research data titled "Output Gap and Potential Growth Rate" regularly on a quarterly basis.

The data will be available in the following section of the Bank's website.

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They will, in principle, be released on the third business day in January, April, July, and October. The first release is scheduled at 2:00 p.m. on January 6, 2016.

For the estimation methods, please refer to Hara et al.(2006) "The New Estimates of Output Gap and Potential Growth Rate," Bank of Japan Review Series (2006-E-3).