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Does uncertainty surrounding inflation forecasts predict their accuracy?
[L'incertitude autour des prévisions d’inflation prédit-elle leur précision ?]

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  • Paul Hubert
  • Rose Portier

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Are individuals who are most confident in their forecasts the most accurate? This is what household surveys reveal, unlike professional forecasters. Drawing on four surveys from the euro area and the United States, we show that the uncertainty reported by households regarding their inflation forecasts contains information about the quality of those forecasts, particularly when households overestimate inflation. Les individus les plus confiants dans leurs prévisions sont-ils les plus précis ? C’est ce que révèlent les enquêtes auprès des ménages, contrairement aux prévisionnistes professionnels. À partir de quatre enquêtes en zone euro et aux États-Unis, nous montrons que l'incertitude déclarée par les ménages sur leurs prévisions d’inflation contient une information réelle sur la qualité de ces prévisions, et ce d’autant plus lorsque les ménages surestiment l’inflation.

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  • Paul Hubert & Rose Portier, 2026. "Does uncertainty surrounding inflation forecasts predict their accuracy? [L'incertitude autour des prévisions d’inflation prédit-elle leur précision ?]," Eco Notepad 461, Banque de France.
  • Handle: RePEc:bfr:econot:461
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