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Forecasting for monetary policy

Econometrics 2026-01-28 v2

Abstract

This paper discusses three key themes in forecasting for monetary policy highlighted in the Bernanke (2024) review: the challenges in economic forecasting, the conditional nature of central bank forecasts, and the importance of forecast evaluation. In addition, a formal evaluation of the Bank of England's inflation forecasts indicates that, despite the large forecast errors in recent years, they were still accurate relative to common benchmarks.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2501.07386,
  title  = {Forecasting for monetary policy},
  author = {Laura Coroneo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.07386},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

32 pages, 5 figures, 1 table

R2 v1 2026-06-28T21:04:43.989Z