Fractional Integration and the Persistence of UK Inflation, 1210–2016

Guglielmo Maria Caporale and Luis Alberiko Gil‐Alana
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Economic Papers, 2020, vol. 39, issue 2, 162-166

Abstract: This note examines the degree of persistence of UK inflation by applying fractional integration methods to historical data spanning the period 1210–2016; the chosen approach is more general than the popular ARMA models based on the classical I(0) vs. I(1) dichotomy. The full‐sample results do not suggest that UK inflation is a persistent process; however, the recursive analysis indicates an increase in the degree of persistence in the 16th century and more recently after WWI and in the last quarter of the 20th century. On the whole, monetary and exchange rate regime changes do not appear to have had a significant impact on the stochastic behaviour of inflation if one takes a long‐run, historical perspective.

Date: 2020
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