Implementing and interpreting indicators of core inflation: The case of France

Empirical Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 473-497

  Le Bihan, Hervé ^a   Sédillot, Franck ^b  

^a BANQUE DE FRANCE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core inflation; Dynamic Factor Index; Trimmed mean estimators

Indexed keywords

INFLATION; MONETARY POLICY; NATIONAL ECONOMY; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

FRANCE;

EID: 0036665664     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810100092     Document Type: Article

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