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Econometric modelling for short-term inflation forecasting in the euro area

✍ Scribed by Antoni Espasa; Rebeca Albacete

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
274 KB
Volume
26
Category
Article
ISSN
0277-6693

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Abstract

This paper examines the problem of forecasting macro‐variables which are observed monthly (or quarterly) and result from geographical and sectorial aggregation. The aim is to formulate a methodology whereby all relevant information gathered in this context could provide more accurate forecasts, be frequently updated, and include a disaggregated explanation as useful information for decision‐making. The appropriate treatment of the resulting disaggregated data set requires vector modelling, which captures the long‐run restrictions between the different time series and the short‐term correlations existing between their stationary transformations. Frequently, due to a lack of degrees of freedom, the vector model must be restricted to a block‐diagonal vector model. This methodology is applied in this paper to inflation in the euro area, and shows that disaggregated models with cointegration restrictions improve accuracy in forecasting aggregate macro‐variables. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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