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Information Rigidity and the Expectations Formation Process: A Simple Framework and New Facts
Mr. Olivier Coibion
and
Mr. Yuriy Gorodnichenko
We propose a new approach to test the full-information rational expectations hypothesis which can identify whether rejections of the arise from information rigidities. This approach quantifies the economic significance of departures from the and the underlying degree of information rigidity. Applying this approach to U.S. and international data of professional forecasters and other agents yields pervasive evidence consistent with the presence of information rigidities. These results therefore provide a set of stylized facts which can be used to calibrate imperfect information models. Finally, we document evidence of state-dependence in the expectations formation process.
Keywords:
WP; standard deviation; real GDP; growth rate; information rigidity; Numbers; Expectations; Survey Forecasts; noisy-information model; forecast error; information friction; Rational expectations; Inflation; Oil prices; Industrial production
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Setting the Operational Framework for Producing Inflation Forecasts
Turgut Kisinbay
,
Mr. Eric Parrado
,
Mr. Rodolfo Maino
, and
Mr. Jorge I Canales Kriljenko
How should a central bank organize itself to produce the best possible inflation forecast? This paper discusses elements for building a comprehensive platform for an inflation forecasting framework. It describes the exercise of forecasting inflation as a production process, which induces a strict discipline concerning data management, information gathering, the use of a suitable statistical apparatus, and the exercise of sound communication strategies to reinforce reputation and credibility. It becomes critical how a central bank organizes itself to produce relevant macroeconomic forecasts, with special consideration to product design, the essential requirements needed in the forecasting process, and key related organizational issues. In addition, the paper proposes to factor into the process the authorities' policy responses to previous inflation forecasts in order to be consistent with the spirit of the inflation targeting framework.
Keywords:
WP; policy reaction function; transmission mechanism; central bank authority; forecasting framework; monetary policy committee