Abstract
Abstract This paper uses survey data to gauge firms’ inflation uncertainty. First, it shows how commonly used proxies of uncertainty, such as ex post squared forecast errors or forecast dispersion differ from measures of actual ex ante inflation uncertainty. Second, this paper documents novel stylized facts: firms’ uncertainty and overconfidence – low ex ante variances compared to ex post (squared) forecast errors – are shown to be relevant for how firms’ form their beliefs about inflation and their inflation forecasts accuracy (firms know what they do not know) and to impact firms’ beliefs about credibility of monetary policy.
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