Today’s post by Jan-Hendrik Pretorius compares IMF forecast errors for South African inflation. Year T is current year, T+1 is one-year ahead and T+2 two years ahead, and so on. The IMF under-estimated inflation pressures for much of the post-pandemic period, and over-estimated inflation over several of the preceding years.
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