Uncertainty is a relevant matter when modelling economic variables, especially in emerging countries. Here, we try to understand if measures of uncertainty observed in the Brazilian market allow us to improve GDP forecasting. By defining an IS curve as simply as possible: relating current output gap with its lags and the economy s ex-ante real interest rate, it is possible to introduce an uncertainty measure and examine if the forecasting exercise improves in the next period. As proxies for uncertainty, we shall use dispersion of financial markets expectations for future inflation and future output growth; FX future contracts implied volatility; VIX Index; observed volatility in Brazil s most relevant companies stock prices, and; the Economy Uncertainty Index (IIE-Br). We were able to demonstrate through a backtest exercise that the insertion of uncertainty measures in the IS curve improves the output gap forecasting.