This paper examines recent changes in the cyclicality of euro area inflation. We estimate time-varying parameters for … become steeper since 2012. Thus, the current low level of inflation and persistently negative output gap increase the risk … that euro area inflation will stay below the monetary policy target for an extended period. …

Most of the papers in the sticky-price literature are based on a log-linearization around the zero inflation steady … state, a simplifying but counterfactual assumption. This paper shows that when trend inflation is considered, both the long … results obtained by models log-linearized around a zero inflation steady state are quite misleading. Furthermore, the same is …

of the two. We compare the accounting definition of deficit with the economic definition which takes inflation into …

optimise. Under discretionary monetary policy the size of the inflation bias depends on the fiscal policy regime. Using the … with the alternative fiscal policy rules, and inflation and output persistence reflects the economic data. With the deficit …

We investigate both the rational explosive inflation paths studied by McCallum (2001) and the classification of fiscal … domains for which the fiscal theory solution – in which fiscal variables affect the price level – can be a stable outcome …

results in more persistent inflation as well as output responses to shocks, than without the supply-side channel. We also … discuss the different monetary and fiscal policy regimes and their implication on the stability of inflation and output. …

This paper analyses the role of inflation expectations in the euro area. On one hand, the question is how inflation … expectations affect both inflation and output, and, on the other hand, how inflation expectations reflect developments in these … variables. The analyses make use of a simple VAR model of inflation, inflation expectations and the output gap that allows for …

supply-side effects into account, we get more persistent inflation and output reactions. We also show that the dichotomy does …, under a discretionary monetary policy, the fiscal policy regime affects the size of the inflation bias. We also show that … commitment to an optimal monetary policy not only corrects the inflation bias but also increases the persistence of output …

independence of its personnel. Whereas the former helps to reduce inflation, the latter seems to produce lower unemployment and … bargaining is generally beneficial to inflation and employment, but that large differences between union density and coverage … act as leaders in the “inflation game”, which could happen if wage contracts are of very long duration, output in the …