Forecasting euro area inflation using dynamic factor measures of underlying inflation

Gonzalo Camba-Mendez and George Kapetanios

No 402, Working Paper Series from European Central Bank

Abstract: Standard measures of prices are often contaminated by transitory shocks. This has prompted economists to suggest the use of measures of underlying inflation to formulate monetary policy and assist in forecasting observed inflation. Recent work has concentrated on modelling large datasets using factor models. In this paper we estimate factors from datasets of disaggregated price indices for European countries. We then assess the forecasting ability of these factor estimates against other measures of underlying inflation built from more traditional methods. The power to forecast headline inflation over horizons of 12 to 18 months is adopted as a valid criterion to assess forecasting. Empirical results for the five largest euro area countries as well as for the euro area are presented. JEL Classification: E31, C13, C32

Keywords: Core Inflation; dynamic factor models; forecasting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-11
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