Is Inflation Target Announced by Bank Indonesia the Most Accurate Inflation Forecast?

This article investigates whether following Bank Indonesia’s explicit inflation targets (forward-looking) is a more accurate method of predicting inflation rate in Indonesia than forecast methods utilizing past information of macroeconomic data (backward-looking). The analysis is conducted by perfor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Faisal Rachman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Indonesia 2016-08-01
Series:Economics and Finance in Indonesia
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://efi.ui.ac.id/index.php/efi/article/view/539