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Evaluación del poder de predicción de las expectativas de inflación de los consumidores en México

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  • Murillo, José Antonio.

    (Banco de México.)

  • Sánchez-Romeu, Paula.

    (Banco de México.)

Abstract

This paper introduces an indicator of consumers’ inflation expectations based on data from the National Consumer Confidence Survey of Mexico, and tests its predictive power over CPI inflation and other measures of inflation that correspond to smaller baskets of consumer goods, for periods that range from 1 to 12 months. Our findings show that between January 2003 and September 2010, the predictive capability of the indicator over the different measures of inflation used was weak. Due to a modification in the survey questionnaire in October 2010, as of that date we observe a significant change in the responses and, thus, in the behavior of the indicator of consumers’ inflation expectations. For this reason, from October 2010 on the main use of this indicator is to be a reference of consumers’ confidence in price stability.// En este artículo se presenta un indicador de expectativas de los consumidores sobre la inflación en México y se evalúa su poder de predicción de sobre inflación general y la de canastas de consumo más restringidas del INPC, para horizontes de 1 hasta 12 meses. El análisis estadístico realizado reveló que en el periodo enero de 2003- septiembre de 2010 las expectativas de inflación de los consumidores exhibieron un poder predictivo débil.A partir de octubre de 2010 se modificó el cuestionario de la Encuesta Nacional sobre Confianza del Consumidor, cuya información se utiliza para construir el indicador de expectativas de inflación; dicha modificación produjo un cambio importante en el patrón de respuestas y en el comportamiento del indicador. Puede considerarse que a partir de octubre de 2010 la mayor utilidad del indicador es servir como referente de la credibilidad que manifiesta la población en la estabilidad de precios en la economía.

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  • Murillo, José Antonio. & Sánchez-Romeu, Paula., 2014. "Evaluación del poder de predicción de las expectativas de inflación de los consumidores en México," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(322), pages .311-355, abril-jun.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:81:y:2014:i:322:p:311-355
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v81i322.116
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    Keywords

    inflación; expectativas de inflación de consumidores; encuestas a hogares; encuestas a consumidores; encuesta de confianza del consumidor; ENCO;
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    JEL classification:

    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies

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