The predictive content of the output gap for inflation: Resolving in-sample and out-of-sample evidence

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1127-1148

  Clark, Todd E ^a   McCracken, Michael W ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Break test; Causality; Forecasts; Phillips curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747056903     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2006.0068     Document Type: Review

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