Using wavelets to measure core inflation: The case of New Zealand
David Baqaee
The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2010, vol. 21, issue 3, 241-255
Abstract:
This paper uses wavelets to develop a core inflation measure for inflation targeting central banks. The analysis is applied to the case of New Zealand - the country with the longest history of explicit inflation targeting. We compare the performance of our proposed measure against some popular alternatives. Our measure does well at identifying a reliable medium-term trend in inflation. It also has comparable forecasting performance to standard benchmarks.
Keywords: Core; Inflation; Monetary; policy; Central; banks; Time; series; Wavelets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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