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Terms: https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/\n- **Format**: `month` (YYYY-MM-01), `cpi` (index, one decimal, as served). 381 rows, 1995-01 to 2026-09-01. SHA-256 855d069176369d30d02cbbe0cc6456b76d2f3967cdaabc1b362c2461ef9015a2.\n\n## cpi_quarterly.csv\nDerived from the monthly file: `quarter` (first month of the quarter, YYYY-MM-01), `cpi_avg` (arithmetic mean of the three monthly index values, 6 decimals), `infl_annualised` (target series: 400 × (ln cpi_avg_q − ln cpi_avg_{q−1}), percent at annual rate, 6 decimals; empty for 1995Q1). Only complete quarters (three months) are included: 127 rows, 1995Q1 to 2026-07-01. SHA-256 c8652dec1567ec35e3b84ee8fa55545e9bf0ae4990a4d6d05b89a6d22f6801ea. 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And at h = 4, is the mean squared-error loss differential distinguishable from zero once we use a HAC standard error that allows for the serial correlation caused by overlapping forecast errors?\n\n## Data and exclusions\n- `data/cpi_quarterly.csv` has 127 rows read (1995Q1–2026Q3). `data/cpi_monthly.csv` has 381 rows read and was used only for checks: every quarter has 3 months, `cpi_avg` matches the monthly mean (max abs diff 3e-7), and `infl_annualised` matches 400·Δln(cpi_avg) (max abs diff 3e-6). I found no duplicate quarters and no gaps.\n- 1995Q1 has no inflation value, so it is left out of estimation. Nothing else is excluded.\n- The evaluation window includes the 2020 COVID shock and the 2021–23 inflation surge. I did not winsorise these quarters.\n- The data are a current vintage. I make no claim of real-time validity.\n\n## Method\n- **Seasonal naive.** The forecast for quarter t+h is the observed value of quarter t+h−4.\n- **Model (`ar_sdum_aic`).** OLS of inflation on four quarter-of-year intercept dummies plus p own lags.\n - The window expands from 1995Q2 to the origin, so each forecast uses only data dated ≤ origin.\n - At each origin, p ∈ {0,…,4} is chosen by AIC on a common sample (starting after the first 4 observations). The chosen model is then re-estimated on the full window.\n - Multi-step forecasts are built by iterating the model forward. AIC chose p = 2 up to 2021Q4 and p = 1 from 2022Q1 on.\n - The last estimation sample has 121 observations.\n- **Forecast errors.** e = actual − forecast. RMSE and MAE are computed over 40 forecasts per horizon.\n- **h = 4 test.** d_t = e²_snaive − e²_model.\n - The standard error of d̄ uses a Bartlett (Newey–West) long-run variance with truncation lag 4. This gives non-zero weight to autocovariances 1–4, which covers the required h−1 = 3.\n - I chose this specification before looking at the test results.\n - The p-value is two-sided and uses a Student t with 39 df.\n - No randomness is involved, so no seed was set.\n\n## Results\n| h | RMSE snaive | RMSE model | MAE snaive | MAE model | 1 − RMSE ratio |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| 1 | 2.849 | 2.193 | 2.137 | 1.519 | 0.230 |\n| 2 | 2.847 | 2.463 | 2.126 | 1.553 | 0.135 |\n| 4 | 2.882 | 2.343 | 2.181 | 1.597 | 0.187 |\n\n(Errors are in percentage points, annualised.) At every horizon the model has lower RMSE and lower MAE than the seasonal-naive forecast. The relative RMSE improvement is 13–23%.\n\nAt h = 4, d̄ = 2.818 squared pp, with HAC SE 1.851 (Bartlett, lag 4). This gives DM = 1.52 and p = 0.136. **At the 5% level the difference is not statistically distinguishable from zero.**\n\n## Uncertainty\nThe DM result changes with the truncation lag chosen for the long-run variance. All variants below are in `results.json → supplementary.dm_sensitivity`:\n\n| Variant | DM | p |\n|---|---|---|\n| Bartlett, lag 3 | 1.35 | 0.18 |\n| Rectangular, lag 3 | 1.66 | 0.11 |\n| Rectangular lag 3 with Harvey–Leybourne–Newbold correction | 1.51 | 0.14 |\n| Bartlett, lag 6 | 2.04 | 0.048 |\n| Bartlett, lag 8 | 2.35 | 0.024 |\n\n- Longer lags shrink the SE, which suggests negative higher-order autocorrelation in d_t.\n- With only 40 overlapping observations, a long-run variance estimate is imprecise. I keep the pre-specified lag-4 result as primary rather than picking the lag that gives significance.\n- **The fair summary is weak, fragile evidence in favour of the model at h = 4.**\n\nSupplementary DM tests at the other horizons are also not significant at 5%:\n- h = 1: d̄ = 3.31, p = 0.105 (Bartlett lag 1).\n- h = 2: d̄ = 2.04, p = 0.447 (Bartlett lag 2).\n\nIf targets in 2020–2023 are dropped, the h = 4 mean loss differential falls to 1.27 (n = 24). 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And at h = 4, is the mean squared-error loss differential distinguishable from zero once we use a HAC standard error that allows for the serial correlation caused by overlapping forecast errors?\n\n## Data and exclusions\n- `data/cpi_quarterly.csv` has 127 rows read (1995Q1–2026Q3). `data/cpi_monthly.csv` has 381 rows read and was used only for checks: every quarter has 3 months, `cpi_avg` matches the monthly mean (max abs diff 3e-7), and `infl_annualised` matches 400·Δln(cpi_avg) (max abs diff 3e-6). I found no duplicate quarters and no gaps.\n- 1995Q1 has no inflation value, so it is left out of estimation. Nothing else is excluded.\n- The evaluation window includes the 2020 COVID shock and the 2021–23 inflation surge. I did not winsorise these quarters.\n- The data are a current vintage. 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This gives non-zero weight to autocovariances 1–4, which covers the required h−1 = 3.\n - I chose this specification before looking at the test results.\n - The p-value is two-sided and uses a Student t with 39 df.\n - No randomness is involved, so no seed was set.\n\n## Results\n| h | RMSE snaive | RMSE model | MAE snaive | MAE model | 1 − RMSE ratio |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| 1 | 2.849 | 2.193 | 2.137 | 1.519 | 0.230 |\n| 2 | 2.847 | 2.463 | 2.126 | 1.553 | 0.135 |\n| 4 | 2.882 | 2.343 | 2.181 | 1.597 | 0.187 |\n\n(Errors are in percentage points, annualised.) At every horizon the model has lower RMSE and lower MAE than the seasonal-naive forecast. The relative RMSE improvement is 13–23%.\n\nAt h = 4, d̄ = 2.818 squared pp, with HAC SE 1.851 (Bartlett, lag 4). This gives DM = 1.52 and p = 0.136. **At the 5% level the difference is not statistically distinguishable from zero.**\n\n## Uncertainty\nThe DM result changes with the truncation lag chosen for the long-run variance. All variants below are in `results.json → supplementary.dm_sensitivity`:\n\n| Variant | DM | p |\n|---|---|---|\n| Bartlett, lag 3 | 1.35 | 0.18 |\n| Rectangular, lag 3 | 1.66 | 0.11 |\n| Rectangular lag 3 with Harvey–Leybourne–Newbold correction | 1.51 | 0.14 |\n| Bartlett, lag 6 | 2.04 | 0.048 |\n| Bartlett, lag 8 | 2.35 | 0.024 |\n\n- Longer lags shrink the SE, which suggests negative higher-order autocorrelation in d_t.\n- With only 40 overlapping observations, a long-run variance estimate is imprecise. I keep the pre-specified lag-4 result as primary rather than picking the lag that gives significance.\n- **The fair summary is weak, fragile evidence in favour of the model at h = 4.**\n\nSupplementary DM tests at the other horizons are also not significant at 5%:\n- h = 1: d̄ = 3.31, p = 0.105 (Bartlett lag 1).\n- h = 2: d̄ = 2.04, p = 0.447 (Bartlett lag 2).\n\nIf targets in 2020–2023 are dropped, the h = 4 mean loss differential falls to 1.27 (n = 24). 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All required files are in `out/`, and running `out/analysis.py` twice gave identical results.\n\n**Model.** OLS (least-squares) regression of quarterly inflation on four quarter-of-year dummies plus its own lags. The number of lags (0 to 4) is re-chosen by AIC at each origin, the estimation window expands using only data up to the origin, and multi-step forecasts are built by iterating the model forward. AIC picked 2 lags up to 2021Q4 and 1 lag from 2022Q1 on.\n\n**Forecast accuracy over the 40 origins** (percentage points, annualised):\n\n| Horizon | RMSE seasonal naive | RMSE model | RMSE improvement |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| 1 quarter | 2.85 | 2.19 | 23% |\n| 2 quarters | 2.85 | 2.46 | 13% |\n| 4 quarters | 2.88 | 2.34 | 19% |\n\nMAE is also lower for the model at every horizon.\n\n**Test at 4 quarters.** The mean loss differential is 2.82 squared percentage points in the model's favour, with a standard error of 1.85. 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