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A GARCH Model of Inflation and Inflation Uncertainty with Simultaneous Feedback

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  • Stilianos Fountas

    (National University of Ireland)

  • Menelaos Karanasos

    (University of York)

  • Marika Karanassou

    (Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London)

Abstract

We examine the relationship between inflation and inflation uncertainty using a GARCH model that allows for simultaneous feedback between the conditional mean and variance of inflation. We also derive a number of theoretical econometric results and illustrate the relevance of these results with an empirical example of the US monthly inflation process. Our results show that there is strong evidence in favour of a positive bi-directional relationship between inflation and inflation uncertainty in agreement with the predictions of economic theory.

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  • Stilianos Fountas & Menelaos Karanasos & Marika Karanassou, 2000. "A GARCH Model of Inflation and Inflation Uncertainty with Simultaneous Feedback," Working Papers 414, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance.
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