Inflation expectations in euro area Phillips curves

Luis Alvarez and Mónica Correa-López

Economics Letters, 2020, vol. 195, issue C

Abstract: We analyze the information content of alternative inflation expectations measures, including those from consumers, firms, experts and financial markets, in the context of open economy Phillips curves. We adopt a thick modeling approach with rolling regressions and we assess the results of an out-of sample conditional forecasting exercise by means of meta regressions. The information content varies substantially across inflation expectations measures. In particular, we find that those from consumers and firms are better at predicting inflation if compared to those from experts and, especially, those from financial markets.

Keywords: Inflation dynamics; Inflation expectations; Phillips curve; Euro area; Thick modeling; Meta regressions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E31 E37 E52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109449

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