This paper challenges the assumption that the inflation process within the euro area is well-described by a linear … Phillips curve and investigates in a nonparametric framework how inflation is sensitive to output growth. An asymmetric output-inflation …

return on assets is determined by incentives eliciting voluntary debt repayment. I show that the inflation rate or, more …, money is used in equilibrium and the optimal inflation rate is positive. …

assumption improves the fit of the inflation equation. Third, this assumption is necessary for getting an important reduction of …

monetary policy in the United States, in particular its interaction with the formation of inflation expectations and the … linkages between monetary policy, inflation expectations and the behaviour of CPI inflation. We use Livingston Survey data for … expected inflation, measured at a bi-annual frequency, actual inflation, unemployment and a nominal interest rate to estimate …

sales; (iv) price changes related to sales and product replacements are less driven by inflation variations than regular … price changes; (v) the monthly inflation rate is correlated to the frequencies of price decreases and increases. The …

'une faible inflation (2%) a une inflation nulle pour les economies francaise, allemande, britannique, espagnole et americaine …

on the inflation process. …

This paper aims at evaluating the impact of globalization, if any, on inflation and the inflation process. We estimate … commodity import price inflation on CPI inflation depends on the volume of commodity imports while the impact of non …-commodity import price inflation is independent of the volume of non-commodity imports. Second, focusing on the role of intra …