This paper examines inflation dynamics in the current EU-accession countries in central and eastern Europe, focusing particularly on the determinants of "dual inflation", that is, diverging inflation rates for tradable and non-tradable goods. The paper draws on the recently published data for...

This paper proposes quantifying the evolution of the U.S. output-inflation tradeoff using a Time-Varying Parameter Structural VAR. This methodology circumvents issues with existing methods which tend to be either reduced form in nature or rely on more ad hoc assumptions regarding sample split...

This paper presents evidence on why inflation pass-through from oil shocks in the 21st century relative to the 1970s has dampened. First, results suggest global business cycle demand driven oil shocks are not inflationary. Second, there has been a reduction in inflation pass-through from oil...