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Forecasting implications of the recent decline in inflation

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  • Saeed Zaman

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Should the unanticipated slowing of inflation that has occurred since early 2012 raise doubts about the reliability of inflation forecasts? We answer this question by conducting a few exercises with a common macroeconomic forecasting model. Our results indicate that even though inflation turned out to be much lower than forecasted, it still fell well within a normal range of uncertainty, and most of the deviation from the original forecast was a response to other economic developments.

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  • Todd E. Clark & Saeed Zaman, 2013. "Forecasting implications of the recent decline in inflation," Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, issue Nov.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedcec:y:2013:i:nov15:n:2013-15
    DOI: 10.26509/frbc-ec-201315
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