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Predictability of Competing Measures of Core Inflation: An Application for Peru

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Title Predictability of Competing Measures of Core Inflation: An Application for Peru
Predictability of Competing Measures of Core Inflation: An Application for Peru
 
Creator Morón, Eduardo
Zegarra, Luis F.
 
Description A central element of an inflation targeting approach to monetary policy is a proper measure of inflation. The international evidence suggests the use of core inflation measures. In this paper we claim that core inflation should be measured as the underlying trend of inflation that comes from nominal shocks that have no real effect in the long term. However, most of the time core inflation is computed zero weighting observations at the tail of the inflation distribution. Quah and Vahey (1996) proposed a method of computing core inflation imposing theory restrictions to a SVAR specification. In this paper we present estimation for Peruvian data and compare the predictability properties of competing measures of inflation following an idea of Diebold and Killian (1997).
A central element of an inflation targeting approach to monetary policy is a proper measure of inflation. The international evidence suggests the use of core inflation measures. In this paper we claim that core inflation should be measured as the underlying trend of inflation that comes from nominal shocks that have no real effect in the long term. However, most of the time core inflation is computed zero weighting observations at the tail of the inflation distribution. Quah and Vahey (1996) proposed a method of computing core inflation imposing theory restrictions to a SVAR specification. In this paper we present estimation for Peruvian data and compare the predictability properties of competing measures of inflation following an idea of Diebold and Killian (1997).
 
Publisher Universidad Alberto Hurtado - Facultad de Economía y Negocios
 
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Date 2010-03-07
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.rae-ear.org/index.php/rae/article/view/112
 
Source Revista de Análisis Económico - Economic Analysis Review; Vol 14, No 2 (1999); 3-21
Revista de Análisis Económico – Economic Analysis Review; Vol 14, No 2 (1999); 3-21
0718-8870
0716-5927
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.rae-ear.org/index.php/rae/article/view/112/216