Vermeulen, Philip; Dias, Daniel; Dossche, Maarten; … - Nationale Bank van België/Banque national de Belqique (BNB) - 2007
This paper documents producer price setting in 6 countries of the euro area: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium and … use monthly producer price data. The following five stylised facts emerge consistently across countries. First, producer … examines the factors driving producer price changes. It finds that costs structure, competition, seasonality, inflation and …