Download This PaperGetting a Jump on Inflation
4 Pages Posted: 7 Sep 2017
Date Written: 2017
Abstract
Accurate official estimates of Fed policymakers’ preferred PCE inflation measure take months, and sometimes years, to become available. A small set of timelier indicators offers realtime power to “nowcast” PCE inflation. Those indicators provide as much accuracy as initial government estimates and remain informative even after official estimates have been published.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Armen, Alan and Koenig, Evan F., Getting a Jump on Inflation (2017). Economic Letter, Vol. 12, Issue 9, pp. 1-4, 2017. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3029745
Register to save articles to
your library
Feedback
Feedback to SSRN
If you need immediate assistance, call 877-SSRNHelp (877 777 6435) in the United States, or +1 212 448 2500 outside of the United States, 8:30AM to 6:00PM U.S. Eastern, Monday - Friday.
