"Policy models, aimed at analyzing actual macroeconomic policy issues. Models in this class should fit the main characteristics of the data, including dynamics, and allow for policy analysis and counterfactuals."
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Olivier Blanchard, "The need for different classes of macroeconomic models", blog post, Jan. 12, 2017, Peterson Institute for International Economics.
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