Cristadoro, R.; Sabbatini, R. - Banca d'Italia - 2000
In this paper we analyse the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices, which plays a key role in conduct of monetary policy … in the euro area. Knowledge of the characteristics of the short-term evolution of consumer prices for each country and … for their average is important for better monitoring and forecasting of inflation in the euro area. In this paper we seek …