We characterize inflation dynamics during the Great Lockdown using scanner data covering millions of transactions for … fast-moving consumer goods in the United Kingdom. We show that there was a significant and widespread spike in inflation …. First, aggregate month-to-month inflation was 2.4% in the first month of lockdown, a rate over 10 times higher than in …

promotions on inflation measurement. Although changes in product-level expenditure shares were unusually high during lockdown, we … inflation, and lower use of promotions by low-income consumers explains why they experienced moderately lower inflation. Overall …, changes in shopping behaviours played only a minor role in driving higher inflation during lockdown; higher prices were the …

We characterize inflation dynamics during the Great Lockdown using scanner data covering millions of transactions for … fast-moving consumer goods in the United Kingdom. We show that there was a significant and widespread spike in inflation …. First, aggregate month-to-month inflation was 2.4% in the first month of lockdown, a rate over 10 times higher than in …

This paper analyses the distributional impact of high consumer inflation in the euro area and government measures to … quantify the distributional impact of inflation, income support measures and measures aimed at containing prices. The analysis … confirms that purchasing power and welfare were more severely affected by the 2022 inflation surge in lower-income households …

inflation and measures welfare changes using the compensating variation and equivalent incomes in a cross-national comparative … perspective. The impact of inflation depends on good-specific price increases and budget shares. Budget shares for necessities (e … necessities has resulted in higher inflation in poorer countries. Counter to the media narrative, the distributional impact is …

inflation and measures welfare changes using the compensating variation and equivalent incomes in a cross-national comparative … perspective. The impact of inflation depends on good-specific price increases and budget shares. Budget shares for necessities (e … necessities has resulted in higher inflation in poorer countries. Counter to the media narrative, the distributional impact is …

This paper analyses the distributional impact of high consumer inflation in the euro area and government measures to … quantify the distributional impact of inflation, income support measures and measures aimed at containing prices. The analysis … confirms that purchasing power and welfare were more severely affected by the 2022 inflation surge in lower-income households …

The inflation crisis of 2008 drew greater attention to the varying experiences of inflation in South Africa and, in … particular, to the fact that different groups within society may have significantly differing inflation experiences. The groups …

income groups that arise during the Great Recession. The difference in annual inflation between the lowest quartile of the …

consumption patterns between male- and female-headed households influence their exposure to inflation. Exploring the full … distribution of inflation rates, employing quantile regressions and a decomposition approach, this research uncovers gender …-specific disparities in inflation exposure and inequality. Going beyond the immediate economic index adjustments, it also evaluates the …