Are consumer sentiments useful in Japan? An application of a new market-timing test

Yoichi Tsuchiya

Applied Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 21, issue 5, 356-359

Abstract: We investigate whether consumer sentiment in Japan is a useful predictor of household consumption, durable goods consumption and the CPI using a recently developed market-timing test. We find that consumer sentiment is not useful for predicting an increase/decrease in household consumption, durable goods consumption, and CPI. The findings suggest that policy-makers may have difficulties obtaining useful qualitative information from consumers. However, using estimated threshold values for the increase/decrease, consumer sentiment became a useful predictor of durable goods consumption and CPI. This suggests that estimating relevant thresholds could enhance the use of directional analysis.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.861578

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