We investigate the international linkages of inflation uncertainty in the G7. In a first step, we document that inflation uncertainty in the G7 is intertwined. Moreover, the degree of synchronization has increased during the recent two decades. Second, based on a Factor-Structural Vector...

Am 17. Dezember 2013 stellte das ifo Institut im Rahmen seines vorweihnachtlichen Pressegesprächs seine Prognose für die Jahre 2013 und 2014 vor. Die gesamtwirtschaftliche Produktion in Deutschland wird sich im kommenden Jahr beschleunigen. Darauf deutet das ifo Geschäftsklima hin, das in den...

We investigate the international linkages of inflation uncertainty in the G7. In a first step, we document that inflation uncertainty in the G7 is intertwined. Moreover, the degree of synchronization has increased during the recent two decades. Second, based on a Factor-Structural Vector...

Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht, welchen Einfluss die Umstellung des Saisonbereinigungsverfahrens von dem ASA-II-Verfahren auf die X-13ARIMA-SEATS-Methode auf die Prognosekraft der ifo Indikatoren hat.

It can be shown that inflation expectations and associated forecast errors are characterized by a high degree of persistence. One reason may be that forecasters cannot directly observe the inflation target pursued by the central bank and, hence, face a complicated forecasting problem. In...

This paper addresses the credit channel in Germany by using aggregate data. We present a stylized model of the banking firm, in which banks de-cide on their loan supply in the light of uncertainty about the future course of monetary policy. Applying a vector error correction model (VECM),we...

Recent articles suggest that a Bayesian vector autoregression (BVAR) with shrinkage is a good forecast device even when the number of variables is large. In this paper we evaluate different variants of the BVAR with respect to their forecast accuracy for euro area real GDP growth and HICP...