A core inflation indicator for the euro area

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 539-560

  Cristadoro, Riccardo ^a   Forni, Mario ^b   Reichlin, Lucrezia ^c   Veronese, Giovanni ^a  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Core inflation; Dynamic factor model; Inflation forecast; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544448098     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2005.0028     Document Type: Review

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