Concerns about inflation are increasingly becoming a topic of public debate again. After an extended period of low … inflation, inflation rates have now risen again, partly due to special effects occurring at the same time. This raises questions … empirical basis for this study. The calculated individualized price indices and inflation rates show that poorer households face …

While the relationship between inflation and relative price variability (RPV) has been widely investigated in developed … differently to different inflation regimes across the ECOWAS region, determining the inflation threshold that would minimize the … distortionary impact of expected inflation on RPV in the region. Using the Panel Smooth Transition Regression (PSTR) model over the …

Inflation targeting (IT) has become the dominant monetary policy framework around the world and most of the countries … member countries' readiness to adopt inflation targeting regime as recommended by the Authority of Heads of State and … dominance, weak fiscal positions, and external shocks which impaired its ability to sustainably subdue inflation to the desired …

employment is analyzed by a reinterpretation of the Phillips curve. It is shown that the inverse link between the inflation rate …