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2009
The camp view of inflation forecasts
The camp view of inflation forecasts
Abstract (English)
Analyzing sample moments of survey forecasts, we derive disagreement and un-
certainty measures for the short- and medium term inflation outlook. The latter
provide insights into the development of inflation forecast uncertainty in the context of a changing macroeconomic environment since the beginning of 2008. Motivated by the debate on the role of monetary aggregates and cyclical variables describing a Phillips-curve logic, we develop a macroeconomic indicator spread which is assumed to drive forecasters? judgments. Empirical evidence suggests procyclical dynamics between disagreement among forecasters, individual forecast uncertainty and the macro-spread. We call this approach the camp view of inflation forecasts and show that camps form up whenever the spread widens.
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Hohenheimer Diskussionsbeiträge; 320
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Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre (bis 2010)
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330 Economics