Statistical implications of inflation targeting : getting the right numbers and getting the numbers right / editors Carol S. Carson, Charles Enoch y Claudia Dziobek.

Foreword, ix -- Acknowledgments, xi -- Abbreviations, xiii -- Part I. Information Requirements for Inflation Targeting Introduction to Part I, 3 -- 1. Anchoring Inflation Expectations / Horst Köhler, 6 -- 2. The Bank of Canada's Approach to Inflation Targeting / Malcolm Knight, Robert Fay, and Brian O'Reilly, 10 -- 3. Statistical Implications of Inflation Targeting in South África / Pali J. Lehohla and Annette Myburgh, 55 -- 4. Informational Requirements of Inflation Targeting in the Philippines / Amando M. Tetangco Jr. and Ma. Cyd N. Tuano-Amador, 76 -- 5. The Experience of Statistics Sweden / Svante Öberg and Hans Lindblom, 91 -- 6. Irvformation Requirements for Inflation Targeting: Observations Based on the Australian Experience / Glenn Stevens, 106 -- Part II. Defining and Measuring the Target -- Introduction to Part II, 123 -- 7. The U.K. Office for National Statistics and the Inflation Target / Amanda Rowlatt, 125 -- 8. Eurostat's HICP and the European Central Bank's Definition of Price Stability / Vítor Gaspar, 137 -- 9. Design, Measurement, and Communication: Chile's Experience with Inflation Targeting / Pablo García, 157 -- 10. Price Indices for Inflation Targeting / Adriaan M. Bloem, Paul A. Armknecht, and Kimberly D. Zieschang, 172 -- Part III, Deriving Measures of Inflation and Inflation Expectations from the Market Data -- Introduction to Part III, 201 -- 11. The Bank of England's Approach / Roger Clews, 203 -- 12. On Market-Based Measures of Inflation Expectations / Cedric Scholtes, 212 -- 13. Regime-Oriented Data Coverage Standards: Case Study of Inflation Targeting in Israel / Edward (Akiva) Offenbacher and Meir Sokoler, 255 -- 14. The Experience of Banco Central do Brasil / Gustavo Bussinger, 273 -- Part IV. Implications for the IMF -- Introduction to Part IV, 283 -- 15. The Experience of the Czech National Bank / Oldrich Dedek, 285 -- 16. Inflation Targeting: Statistical Issues Suggested by the Experience of Six Emerging Market Countries / Edgar Ayales, Randall C. Merris, and Alfredo Torrez, 289 -- 17. Statistical Principles for Inflation-Targeting Regimes and the Role of IMF Data Initiatives / Armida San Jose, Graham L. Slack, and Subramanian S. Sriram, 308 -- 18. Usefulness of Private Inflation Forecasts in Inflation Targeting / Masahiko Takeda, 354 -- Part V. Conclusions -- Introduction to Part V, 353 -- 19. Taking the Agenda Forward / Carol S. Carson, Charles Enoch, and Claudia Dziobek, 354 -- References, 360.