U.S. core inflation: A wavelet analysis

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 513-536

  Dowd, Kevin ^a   Cotter, John ^b   Loh, Lixia ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core Inflation; Inflation Prediction; Trend Inflation; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555185322     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100510000179     Document Type: Article

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