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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP17485 |
DP17485 How Robust are Robust Measures of PCE Inflation? | |
Sergio Ocampo; Raphael Schoenle | |
发表日期 | 2022-07-21 |
出版年 | 2022 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Time series data for robust inflation measures, such as median and trimmed mean inflation, only start in 1977. We extend these series back to 1960 for Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) inflation, providing additional episodes of high and rising inflation. We evaluate the robustness of the series along multiple dimensions: First, we find that robust inflation measures tend to diverge in periods of low inflation, but agree when headline inflation is high. The range between the robust measures averages 0.76 percentage points. Second, using yearly instead of monthly inflation when trimming or computing median inflation produces markedly different time series. Third, by contrast, variation in the number of PCE categories used in calculation and trim points for trimmed means do not have significant effects. Finally, we compare the performance of 61 robust inflation measures in predicting (current and future) trend inflation. Trimmed mean measures that trim based on yearly inflation perform best overall, while core inflation performs well when inflation is low, and median inflation consistently underperforms. |
主题 | Monetary Economics and Fluctuations |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp17485 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/546580 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sergio Ocampo,Raphael Schoenle. DP17485 How Robust are Robust Measures of PCE Inflation?. 2022. |
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