RT Generic
T1 The camp view of inflation forecasts
A1 Geiger,Felix
A1 Sauter,Oliver
A1 Schmid,Kai D.
WP 2010/01/20
AB 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.
K1  Inflation
K1 Prognose
PP Hohenheim
PB Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim
UL http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/volltexte/2010/415