Policy-making based on the past can lead to big, persistent errors
Using quantitative forecasting models based largely on pre-crisis economic relationships makes no sense
Policy decisions are made now for a time that has not yet arrived. Implicit and explicit forecasts, based on theorised relationships calibrated on past observations, are the tools policymakers use to inform these decisions...
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