Inflation expectation and implicit inflation: does market research provide accurate measures?/Expectativas inflacionarias e inflacao implicita: sera que pesquisas de mercado fornecem medidas precisas?

In recent years bonds indexed to inflation rates have experienced a tremendous growth in trading volumes. These securities have become an important tool for the diversification of investors' portfolios, to liability management and especially to gauge the expectations of monetary authorities. In...

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Published in:BBR Brazilian business review (Portuguese ed.) 2011-07, Vol.8 (3), p.83
Main Authors: Val, Flavio de Freitas, Barbedo, Claudio Henrique da Silveira, Maia, Marcelo Verdini
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Inflation (Finance)
Liability (Law)
Measurement
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Summary:In recent years bonds indexed to inflation rates have experienced a tremendous growth in trading volumes. These securities have become an important tool for the diversification of investors' portfolios, to liability management and especially to gauge the expectations of monetary authorities. In this environment, this study contributes as it presents an amended methodology to estimate the inflation risk premium and in applying different methodologies in the Brazilian market. The results indicate that implicit inflation measures with or without adjustment of the inflation risk premium return the smallest forecast errors in relation to the IPCA of measurement period.
ISSN:1807-734X
1807-734X