Has US inflation really become harder to forecast?

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2012
Volume: 115
Issue: 3
Pages: 383-386

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Since the mid-1980s, Phillips curve forecasts of US inflation have been inferior to those of a conventional causal autoregression. However, little change in forecast accuracy is detected against the benchmark of a noncausal autoregression, more accurately characterizing US inflation dynamics.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:115:y:2012:i:3:p:383-386
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25