On the Directional Accuracy of Inflation Forecasts: Evidence from South African Survey Data

Christian Pierdzioch, Monique Reid and Rangan Gupta

No 24/2014, Working Papers from Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics

Abstract: We study the directional accuracy of South African survey data of short-term and longer-term inflation forecasts. Upon applying techniques developed for the study of relative operating characteristic (ROC) curves, we find evidence that forecasts contain information with respect to the subsequent direction of change of the inflation rate.

Keywords: inflation rate; forecasting; directional accuracy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C53 D82 E37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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