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Comparing the New Keynesian Phillips Curve with Time Series Models to Forecast Inflation

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  • Fabio Rumler

    () (Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Economic Analysis Division, P.O. Box 61, A-1010 Vienna,)

  • Maria Teresa Valderrama

    () (Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Economic Analysis Division, P.O. Box 61, A-1010 Vienna,)

Abstract

The New Keynesian Phillips Curve, as a structural model of inflation dynamics, has mostly been used to explain past inflation developments, but has hardly been used for forecasting purposes. We propose a method of forecasting inflation based on the present-value formulation of the hybrid New Keynesian Phillips Curve. To evaluate the forecasting performance of this model we compare it with forecasts generated from time series models at different forecast horizons. As state-of-the-art time series models used in inflation forecasting we employ a Bayesian VAR, a traditional VAR and a simple autoregressive model. We find that the New Keynesian Phillips Curve delivers relatively more accurate forecasts compared to the other models for longer forecast horizons (more than 3 months) while they are outperformed by the time series models only for the very short forecast horizon. This is consistent with the finding in the literature that structural models are able to outperform time series models only for longer horizons. JEL classification: E31, C32, C53

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Paper provided by Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank) in its series Working Papers with number 148.

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Length: 37 pages
Date of creation: 30 Sep 2008
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Handle: RePEc:onb:oenbwp:148

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Keywords: New Keynesian Phillips Curve; Inflation Forecasting; Forecast Evaluation; Bayesian VAR;

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  2. Dandan Liu & Dennis Jansen, 2011. "Does a factor Phillips curve help? An evaluation of the predictive power for U.S. inflation," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 40(3), pages 807-826, May.

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