French: fonction de perteEnglish translation: loss function 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | fonction de perte | | English translation: | loss function | | Entered by: | Neil Rear |
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Bus/Financial - Economics | | French term or phrase: fonction de perte | "La Banque Centrale a une fonction de perte qui fait
intervenir le chômage et ses anticipations d’inflation, qui sont donc différentes de celles du secteur privé". (Part of a text on variations in long and short-term interest rates.)
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| | | loss function | Explanation:
Basically it's an econometric model parameter which adjusts the model's results by a given proportion, from 0% to 100%, for the error in the results of the model in the previous period. For example, if the model estimated a value of 95 for the last period but the actual observation was 100, the loss function would adjust the model's estimate for the given period by five or a proportion thereof. |
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| loss function
Explanation:
Basically it's an econometric model parameter which adjusts the model's results by a given proportion, from 0% to 100%, for the error in the results of the model in the previous period. For example, if the model estimated a value of 95 for the last period but the actual observation was 100, the loss function would adjust the model's estimate for the given period by five or a proportion thereof.
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| Note from asker to answerer| Great explanation, Matt! Tahnk you. |
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