Using the First Principal Component as a Core Inflation Indicator

José António Machado
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Afonso Gonçalves da Silva, Pedro Duarte Neves and Carlos Robalo Marques

Working Papers from Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department

Abstract: This paper investigates the consequences of non-stationarity for the principal components analysis and suggests a data transformation that allows obtaining smoother series for the first principal component to be used as a core inflation indicator. The paper also introduces a theoretical model, which allows interpreting core inflation as a common stochastic trend to the year-on-year rates of change of the price indices of the basic CPI items. Finally, it is shown that the first principal component computed in real time meets the evaluation criteria introduced in Marques et al. (2000).

JEL-codes: C43 E31 E52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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