Inflation forecast is measured in terms of the consumer price index (CPI) or harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP …) for euro area countries, the euro area aggregate and the United Kingdom. Inflation measures the general evolution of …

This background note considers how competition contributes to lower inflation, despite its unsuitability as a short …-term anti-inflationary tool. It explains why competition is important for optimal inflation and summarises some of the empirical … evidence of this relationship. It then considers how inflation affects competition, for example by creating conditions for …

expansionary fiscal policy to alleviate the impact of inflation. The objective of this policy note is to examine the main …

China's remarkable growth in recent years has been often rather arbitrarily ascribed to a number of politico …