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Forceful or persistent : wow the ECB's new inflation target affects households' inflation expectations

Hoffmann, Mathias; Mönch, Emanuel; Pavlova, Lora; … - 2023

We study how households adjust their medium-term inflation expectations under the new ECB strategy. We find that survey respondents make little difference between the previous strategy of targeting inflation rates close to but below 2% and the new strategy with a symmetric 2% target. Yet,...

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Rebalancing the euro area : is wage adjustment in Germany the answer?

Hoffmann, Mathias; Kliem, Martin; Krause, Michael; … - 2020

We assess to what extent wage inflation policies in Germany could contribute to an economic rebalancing in the euro … and output in Germany and the rest of the euro area. The duration of constant interest rates and expectations about the … consists of Germany, the rest of the euro area, and the rest of the world. …

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Would households understand average inflation targeting?

Hoffmann, Mathias; Pavlova, Lora; Mönch, Emanuel; … - 2022

Yes, they would. In a randomized control trial, we provide groups of respondents from the Bundesbank Online Panel Households with information about a hypothetical alternative ECB monetary policy regime akin to the Federal Reserve’s flexible average inflation targeting (AIT). Inflation...

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