Forecasting ECB monetary policy: Accuracy is a matter of geography

Helge Berger (), Michael Ehrmann and Marcel Fratzscher

European Economic Review, 2009, vol. 53, issue 8, 1028-1041

Abstract: Monetary policy in the euro area is conducted within a multi-country, multi-cultural, and multi-lingual context. How does this heterogeneity affect the ability of economic agents to understand and to anticipate monetary policy by the European Central Bank (ECB)? Using a database of surveys of professional ECB policy forecasters in 24 countries, we find remarkable differences in forecast accuracy, and show that these have important repercussions on market behaviour. Explaining the differences in forecast accuracy, we provide evidence that they are partly related to geography and clustering around informational hubs, as well as to country-specific economic conditions. In large part this heterogeneity can be traced to differences in forecasting models.

Keywords: Monetary; policy; ECB; Forecast; Geography; Heterogeneity; Taylor; rule; Survey; data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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