Central banks’ inflation forecasts under asymmetric loss: Evidence from four Latin-American countries
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Keywords
Central banks; Forecasting; Loss function; Asymmetric loss;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
- D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
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