A comparison of the Carlson‐Parkin inflation expectations measures and optimal time series forecasts of inflationFootnote∗

We would like to thank John Carlson, Michael Parkin. David Laidler and the referees for information and comment on an earlier draft, and Peter Monk and Sandra Stevenson for assisting with the computations. All responsibility for errors, is, of course, our own.

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