Forecasting Inflation? Target the Middle

Forecasting Mexico’s Inflation: the Effects of an Inflation Targeting Regime

This paper studies the effects the implementation of an inflation targeting (IT) regime has on the dynamics of inflation in Mexico. We contextualize the need for a regime change and study whether the implementation of this regime has made a considerable change in the dynamics of inflation in Mexico. Consumer prices are modelled using a markup model. The markup model suggests a long run relation...

Forecasting Inflation and the Inflation Risk Premiums Using Nominal Yields

Bank of Canada working papers are theoretical or empirical works-in-progress on subjects in economics and finance. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors. No responsibility for them should be attributed to the Bank of Canada. Abstract We provide a decomposition of nominal yields into real yields, expectations of future inflation and inflation risk premiums when real bonds or...

An Inflation Forecasting Model for the 1980s

How Useful is Core Inflation for Forecasting Headline Inflation ?

The paper constructs various core inflation measures. These include various trimmed means using disaggregated data and a structural VAR estimate of core inflation for Ireland. The ability of these core inflation measures to forecast future headline inflation is compared using a regression model. An ARIMA model fitted to the headline inflation rate is used as the benchmark forecast. The forecast...

The Setting of the Inflation Target