Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/173333 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
GUT FME Working Paper Series A No. 7/2016 (37)
Publisher: 
Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdańsk
Abstract: 
Modern monetary policy focuses on credibility and shaping consumers' inflation expectations. According to the concept of inflation forecast targeting (IFT), inflation forecasts play a crucial role in the instrument rate decision-making process and may be a specific intermediate target. The aim of the study is to analyse the credibility of inflation forecasts published by the central banks of England, Sweden and Norway. The article presents the proposition of an inflation forecast credibility index. The inflation forecasts' credibility index may be calculated for all types of inflation forecasts made by central banks, which implement an inflation targeting (IT) regime. It consists of three main elements: the accuracy of the forecasts, the similarity of the forecasts and the inflation forecast deviations from the inflation target. The credibility index has been calculated for the inflation forecasts made by central banks of England, Sweden and Norway. The research conducted shows that most of the inflation forecasts published in selected central banks were credible.
Subjects: 
inflation forecasts targeting
inflation forecast
inflation forecast credibility index
inflation expectations
JEL: 
E58
E52
E47
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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