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Beyond Macro Variables: Consumer Confidence Index and Household Expenditure in Hungary

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  • Gábor Vadas

    (Magyar Nemzeti Bank)

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This paper analyses Hungarian inflation expectations drawn from Reuters survey of professional forecasters. Comparing individual forecasts to macroeconomic consensus leads to the conclusion that - in line with theoretical considerations - averaging single projections results in significant gains in terms of forecast accuracy. Econometric tests reveal that consensus forecast is an unbiased estimation of actual inflation, although autocorrelation in forecasts errors and revisions contradicts the requirement of efficiency. Taking into account the varying sample and the heterogeneity of particular forecasts, minor changes in consensus (0.1-0.2 percentage points) usually may not be considered as an unambiguous sign of altering inflation expectations. On the other hand, three consecutive changes in the same direction are almost surely the consequence of shift in actual expectations.

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  • Gábor Vadas, 2001. "Beyond Macro Variables: Consumer Confidence Index and Household Expenditure in Hungary," MNB Background Studies (discontinued) 2001/2, Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary).
    • Handle: RePEc:mnb:backgr:2001/2
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    1. Gergely Kiss & Gábor Vadas, 2005. "The Role of the Housing Market in Monetary Transmission," MNB Background Studies (discontinued) 2005/3, Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary).
    2. Dudek, Sławomir, 2008. "Consumer Survey Data and short-term forecasting of households consumption expenditures in Poland," MPRA Paper 19818, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • E27 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications

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