The information content of the Reserve Bank of Australia's inflation forecasts

Author: Tawadros George B.  

Publisher: Routledge Ltd

ISSN: 1466-4283

Source: Applied Economics, Vol.45, Iss.5, 2013-02, pp. : 623-628

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Abstract

In this article, the inflation forecasts produced by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and that generated by private forecasters, are used to assess whether the Reserve Bank possesses information about inflation that the private sector does not have. The results show that the Reserve Bank inflation forecasts embody useful predictive information about inflation, beyond that contained in private forecasts, over the recent inflation targeting period.