Evaluating Underlying Inflation Measures for Russia
31 Pages Posted: 21 Aug 2015
Date Written: August 18, 2015
Abstract
We apply several tests to the underlying inflation metrics used in practice by central banks and/or proposed in the scientific literature, in an attempt to find the best-performing indicators. We find that although there is no single best measure of underlying inflation, indicators calculated on the basis of dynamic factor models are generally among the best performers. These best performers not only outdid the simpler traditional underlying indicators (trimmed and exclusion-based measures) but also proved to be economically meaningful and interpretable.
Keywords: underlying inflation, core inflation, monetary inflation, dynamic factor model, Russia
JEL Classification: E31, E32, E52, C32
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