Reconsidering the role of monetary indicators for euro area inflation from a Bayesian perspective using group inclusion probabilities

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This paper addresses the relative importance of monetary indicators for forecasting inflation in the euro area in a Bayesian framework. Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA)based on predictive likelihoods provides a framework that allows for the estimation of inclusion probabilities of a particular variable, that is the probability of that variable being in the forecast model. A novel aspect of the paper is the discussion of group-wise inclusion probabilities, which helps to address the empirical question whether the group of monetary variables is relevant for forecasting euro area inflation. In our application, we consider about thirty monetary and non-monetary indicators for inflation. Using this data, BMA provides inclusion probabilities and weights for Bayesian forecast combination. The empirical results for euro area data show that monetary aggregates and non-monetary indicators together play an important role for forecasting inflation, whereas the isolated information content of both groups is limited. Forecast combination can only partly outperform single-indicator benchmark models.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Discussion Paper Series 1 ; No. 2007,09

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications ; Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection ; Bayesian Analysis: General ; Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
• Subject: inflation forecasting ; monetary indicators ; Bayesian Model Averaging ; inclusion probability ; Inflationsrate ; Europäische Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion ; Prognoseverfahren ; Monetärer Indikator ; Bayes-Statistik ; Schätzung ; Theorie ; EU-Staaten

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Scharnagl, Michael ; Schumacher, Christian
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Deutsche Bundesbank
• (where): Frankfurt a. M.
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19686
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET