Forecasting Japanese inflation with a news-based leading indicator of economic activities
Forecasting Japanese inflation with a news-based leading indicator of economic activities
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DOI:
10.1515/snde-2019-0117
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发表时间:
2020-09
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0.8
通讯作者:
Keiichi Goshima;H. Ishijima;M. Shintani;Hiroki Yamamoto
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作者:
Keiichi Goshima;H. Ishijima;M. Shintani;Hiroki Yamamoto
Abstract We construct business cycle indexes based on the daily Japanese newspaper articles and estimate the Phillips curve model to forecast inflation at a daily frequency. We find that the news-based leading indicator, constructed from the topic on future economic conditions, is useful in forecasting the inflation rate in Japan.