Eunkyu Seong

Room m109, Bldg 16

1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu

Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea

I am Eunkyu Seong (“Un-kyoo Sung”; 성은규, 成恩圭), a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Seoul National University. My research interests lie in econometrics, with a particular focus on weak-instrument robust inference methods and their applications to local projection IV estimation in macroeconomic settings.

Research Interests

Econometrics
Weak-instrument robust inference
Local projection IV
Dynamic causal effects

Presentations and Talks

2025
- Workshop on Recent Advances in Econometrics, Seoul National University, Korea (scheduled)
- Invited Seminar, University of Sydney, Australia [link]
- The 19th International Symposium on Econometric Theory and Applications, University of Macau, Macau [link]
- The Korean Economic Association Joint Conference 2025, Hannam University, Korea
2024
- Econometrics Workshop, Seoul National University, Korea

Research

Working Paper

Are the Bank of Korea’s Inflation Forecasts biased toward the target?

Eunkyu Seong, and Seojeong Lee

Working Paper, Jul 2025

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The Bank of Korea (BoK) regularly publishes the Economic Outlook, offering forecasts for key macroeconomic variables such as GDP growth, inflation, and unemployment rates. This study examines whether the BoK’s inflation forecasts exhibit bias, specifically a tendency to align with its inflation target. We extend the Holden and Peel (1990) test to incorporate statedependency, defining the state of the economy based on whether realized inflation falls below the target at the time of the forecast. Our analysis reveals that the BoK’s inflation forecasts are biased under this state-dependent framework. Furthermore, we examine a range of bias correction strategies based on AR(1) and mean error models, including their state-dependent variants. These strategies generally improve forecast accuracy. Among them, the AR(1)-based correction exhibits relatively stable performance, consistently reducing the root mean square error.