We study the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Euro Area inflation and how it compares to the experiences of other …-output linkages, affecting both trade and inflation. 2) Inflation can be higher under sector-specific labor shortages relative to a … domestic aggregate demand shocks in explaining Euro Area inflation over 2020-21. 4) International trade did not respond to …

This paper asks whether a textbook Phillips curve can explain the behavior of core inflation in the euro area. A … critical feature of the analysis is that we measure core inflation with the weighted median of industry inflation rates, which … is less volatile than the common measure of inflation excluding food and energy prices. We find that fluctuations in core …

This paper analyzes the long-run determinants of inflation differentials in a monetary union. First, we aim at …some stylized facts relating the regional dispersion in headline inflation rates in the euro area as well as in the …-traded sector as the primary cause of price and inflation differentials, with shocks to productivity in the traded sector being …

of inflation. The first part of the paper considers the ways in which the EMU is likely to affect inflation and cyclical …

This paper studies the relationship between inflation, output, money and interest rates in the euro area, using data … power for future inflation. The real money gap contains more information about future inflation than the output gap and the … Eurosystem's money-growth indicator is an inferior indicator of future inflation …

extent to which it is similar to inflation targeting as practiced by an increasing number of central banks. I examine the …