P-Star in Times of Crisis – Forecasting Inflation for the Euro Area

Posted: 13 Mar 2012

Date Written: March 12, 2012

Abstract

In this paper we present three empirically testable versions of the common p-star model and evaluate their forecasting performance using conventional techniques. We try to answer the question if the p-star approach is preferable to achieve a reliable short-run inflation forecast and with regard to the latter we incur the need for a stable demand for money function. Our findings indicate the recurrence of the relevance of the monetary pillar of the ECB’s two-pillar framework. In addition, we check for the effects of the current financial and economic crisis that started in 2007 on the forecasting performance, using two sub-sample periods, one excluding and one including the latter, and analyze the impact of the applied filter technique to compute the required equilibrium values.

Keywords: Euro area, Forecast, Inflation, Money demand, P-star

JEL Classification: E31, E37, E41

Suggested Citation

Czudaj, Robert, P-Star in Times of Crisis – Forecasting Inflation for the Euro Area (March 12, 2012). Economic Systems, Vol. 35, No. 3, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2020319

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