The hierarchical structure of the Colombian Consumer Price Index (CPI) makes possible to calculate inflation as a … inflation using a lineal combination of the forecasts of these components, i.e. a "bottom to top" approach. In this paper, we … compared with an aggregate forecast using a SARIMA model. Our results show that a "bottom to top" method to forecast inflation …

The hierarchical structure of the Colombian Consumer Price Index (CPI) makes possible to calculate inflation as a … inflation using a lineal combination of the forecasts of these components, i.e. a "bottom to top" approach. In this paper, we … compared with an aggregate forecast using a SARIMA model. Our results show that a "bottom to top" method to forecast inflation …

Inflation forecasting plays a central role in monetary policy formulation. At the same time, recent international … empirical evidence suggests that with the decline in inflation of recent years, the joint dynamics of this variable and its … potential predictors has changed and inflation has become more unpredictable. Using a univariate model as a benchmark, we …

Inflation forecasting plays a central role in monetary policy formulation. At the same time, recent international … empirical evidence suggests that with the decline in inflation of recent years, the joint dynamics of this variable and its … potential predictors has changed and inflation has become more unpredictable. Using a univariate model as a benchmark, we …

This document analyzes inflation, exchange rate, interest rate, and GDP growth forecasts from the monthly Survey of … relative performance using as benchmarks forecasts from time series models and from other macroeconomic variables. Inflation … be better, in mean squared error terms, than the benchmark forecasts, except for the case of one-yearahead inflation. In …