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  2. Convergence (economics) - Wikipedia

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    In economic growth literature the term "convergence" can have two meanings. The first kind (sometimes called "sigma-convergence") refers to a reduction in the dispersion of levels of income across economies. "Beta-convergence" on the other hand, occurs when poor economies grow faster than rich ones.

  3. Procyclical and countercyclical variables - Wikipedia

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    Other schools of economic thought, such as new classical macroeconomics, [citation needed] hold that countercyclical policies may be counterproductive or destabilizing, and therefore favor a laissez-faire fiscal policy as a better method for maintaining an overall robust economy. When the government adopts a countercyclical fiscal policy in ...

  4. Economic stability - Wikipedia

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    US federal minimum wage if it had kept pace with productivity. Also, the real minimum wage. Real macroeconomic output can be decomposed into a trend and a cyclical part, where the variance of the cyclical series derived from the filtering technique (e.g., the band-pass filter, or the most commonly used Hodrick–Prescott filter) serves as the primary measure of departure from economic stability.

  5. Medical state - Wikipedia

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    Two aspects of the patient's state may be reported. The first aspect is the patient's current state, which may be reported as "good" or "serious," for instance. Second, the patient's short-term prognosis may be reported. Examples include that the patient is improving or getting worse.

  6. Nobel Prize in economics awarded to trio for explaining why ...

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    The Nobel Committee praised the trio for explaining why “societies with a poor rule of law and institutions that exploit the population do not generate growth or change for the better.”

  7. Economic forecasting - Wikipedia

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    Economic forecasting is the process of making predictions about the economy. Forecasts can be carried out at a high level of aggregation—for example for GDP , inflation , unemployment or the fiscal deficit —or at a more disaggregated level, for specific sectors of the economy or even specific firms.

  8. Prognosis - Wikipedia

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    Prognosis (Greek: πρόγνωσις "fore-knowing, foreseeing"; pl.: prognoses) is a medical term for predicting the likelihood or expected development of a disease, including whether the signs and symptoms will improve or worsen (and how quickly) or remain stable over time; expectations of quality of life, such as the ability to carry out daily activities; the potential for complications and ...

  9. The faulty forecasts of pharma firm investors: Misguided ...

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    Of course, there are some cynics who take a “show-me” attitude, and fortunately for those cynics, a catalyst-rich 2025 will provide no shortage of potential sparkplugs, including the release ...