01619cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005508 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451871333 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Konuki, Tetsuya. Estimating Potential Output and the Output Gap in Slovakia / Tetsuya Konuki. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (22 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper estimates potential output and the output gap for Slovakia which enjoyed rapid growth with few signs of economic overheating in recent years. It applies two broad sets of approaches: conventional methods, represented by a statistical method and a production function approach; and a multivariate (MV) Kalman filter method. The MV Kalman filter method produces estimates of excess demand that portray much more sensibly the situation in recent years in Slovakia than the conventional methods, because it can use more information to condition the paths of potential output. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/275 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2008/275/001.2008.issue-275-en.xml IMF e-Library