Arbeitspapier

Inflation and output growth uncertainty in individual survey expectations

This paper studies uncertainty using the ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters' data. We consider both inflation and real GDP growth forecasts at the micro level and explore forecast uncertainty using two alternative measures, i.e. conventional standard deviation of individual point forecasts and the median values of individual forecasters' uncertainty, which are based on subjective probability distributions of survey respondents. Our analysis indicates that individual inflation uncertainty is closely related to the output growth uncertainty. In forming expectations, individual forecasters seem to behave according to an uncertainty-augmented hybrid specification of the New Keynesian Phillips curve. We also find evidence that inflation uncertainty has a negative impact on economic activity by decreasing output growth and increasing inflation and lowering the price sensitiveness of aggregate supply.

ISBN
978-952-462-832-7
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers ; No. 37/2012

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Forecasting Models; Simulation Methods
Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
Thema
Forecasting
Survey data
Expectations
Phillips curve

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Paloviita, Maritta
Virén, Matti
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Bank of Finland
(wo)
Helsinki
(wann)
2012

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Paloviita, Maritta
  • Virén, Matti
  • Bank of Finland

Entstanden

  • 2012

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