Forecasting inflation

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 293-335

  Stock, James H ^a   Watson, Mark W ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecast combination; Phillips curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033211669     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(99)00027-6     Document Type: Article

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