Do inflation-linked bonds contain information about future inflation?

There is a widespread belief that inflation-linked bonds are a direct source of information about inflation expectations. In this paper we address this issue by analyzing the relationship between break-even inflation (the difference between nominal and real yields) and future inflation. The dataset...

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Main Authors: José Valentim Machado Vicente, Osmani Teixeira de Carvalho Guillen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Getúlio Vargas 2013-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Economia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402013000200006&lng=en&tlng=en