consumption, income and wealth. We account for the various channels through which inflation affects individual households, and for … the monetary and fiscal policy responses to the inflationary shock. Our results indicate that the effects of inflation … differences in individual consumption patterns. On average, the effect of inflation is regressive, with lower income households …

, inflation and unemployment, we detect a wrong sign in the response of inflation to contractionary monetary policy shocks … 1999-2019, when the Federal Funds Rate and the Euro-Dollar exchange rate are added to the VAR model inflation shows … significant unemployment inflation trade-off emerges. These conclusions are confirmed by using industrial production instead of …

The paper analyzes the convergence of inflation rates in the group of more developed members of the Eurozone (core … countries). What are the characteristics and is the inflation process in these countries sufficiently homogeneous? Are the … analysed inflation rates converging, so that there is an indication that these countries tend to form the optimal currency area …

subsequent sharp rise in inflation, including food price inflation. To better understand the conditions of food insecurity and … the impacts of inflation and other drivers of food insecurity in developing Asia, we carried out a household survey in … to experience food insecurity. Second, households that experienced high inflation, including food price inflation, also …

We test for state-dependent bias in the European Central Bank's inflation projections. We show that the ECB tends to … underpredict when the observed inflation rate at the time of forecasting is higher than an estimated threshold of 1.8%. The bias is … most pronounced at intermediate forecasting horizons. This suggests that inflation is projected to revert towards the …

gefühlte Inflation im Euroraum bei 4,5 %, während die offiziell gemessene Inflationsrate 1 % betrug. Das könnte daran liegen … the officially measured inflation rates. For example, according to survey results, perceived inflation in the first … quarter of 2021 in the euro area was 4.5 %, while the officially measured inflation rate was 1 %. This could be due to the …

We test for bias and efficiency of the ECB inflation forecasts using a confidential dataset of ECB macroeconomic … quarterly projections. We investigate whether the properties of the forecasts depend on the level of inflation, by … distinguishing whether the inflation observed by the ECB at the time of forecasting is above or below the target. The forecasts are …