INFLATION TARGETING AND INFLATION FORECASTING IN TURKEY

Content Partner: Directory of Open Access Journals. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand was the first central bank that adopted formal Inflation Targeting in 1990, then others followed it. During the years 2002-2006, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) has implemented Implicit Inflation Targeting and at the beginning of 2006 formally moved onto an Inflation Targeting. This paper investigates forecasts of Turkey inflation in the coming three-month horizon using 2003:01-2008:02 monthly data. For this purpose; this paper uses Naive Model, Exponential Smoothing Model and ARIMA Model. The findings suggest that ARIMA model have best in sample performance. Forecasted values show that inflation increases in third and fourth month of 2008 but decreases in fifth month.