This paper surveys existing factor forecast applications for real economic activity and inflation by means of a meta … differences between the relative factor forecast performance for US and euro-area inflation. There is also some evidence that …

This paper uses a meta-analysis to survey existing factor forecast applications for output and inflation and assesses … euro-area inflation than for US inflation. The size of the dataset from which factors are extracted positively affects the …

We estimate the effects of oil price changes on inflation for the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and … likely to have only a modest effect on inflation in the U.S, Japan, and Europe. Oil price increases of as much as 10 ….U. Inflation in Europe, traditionally thought to be more sensitive to oil prices than in the U.S., is unlikely to show any …

This paper surveys existing factor forecast applications for output and inflation by means of a meta-analysis and … able to exploit large datasets. The target variable (output/inflation and the country), the forecast horizon and the factor …