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The Phillips Curve at the ECB
Eser, Fabian - 2020
inflation and the role of inflation expectations. In relation to the recent weakness of inflation, we discuss the role of firm … supports the view that the absorption of slack and a firm anchoring of inflation expectations remain central to successful … inflation stabilisation …
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The Phillips curve at the ECB
Eser, Fabian; Karadi, Peter; Lane, Philip R.; Moretti, Laura - 2020
We explain the role of the Phillips Curve in the analysis of the economic outlook and the formulation of monetary policy at the ECB. First, revisiting the structural Phillips Curve, we highlight the challenges in recovering structural parameters from reduced-form estimates and relate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422062
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New Facts on Consumer Price Rigidity in the Euro Area
Gautier, Erwan; Conflitti, Cristina; Faber, Riemer P.; … - 2022
changes does not change much with inflation and does not react much to aggregate shocks; (vi) changes in inflation are mostly … consistent with the predictions of a menu cost model in a low inflation environment where idiosyncratic shocks are a more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014082035
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The Impact of Supply Constraints on Bank Lending in the Euro Area - Crisis Induced Crunching?
Hempell, Hannah Sabine - 2010
Aggregate loan development typically hinges on a combination of factors that impact simultaneously on the demand and the supply side of bank lending. The financial turmoil starting in mid-2007 had detrimental consequences for banks' balance-sheets, cost of funds and profitability, thus weighing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136644
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The Euro Exchange Rate During the European Sovereign Debt Crisis - Dancing to Its Own Tune?
Ehrmann, Michael - 2013
This paper studies the determinants of the euro exchange rate during the European sovereign debt crisis, allowing a role for macroeconomic fundamentals, policy actions and the public debate by policy makers. It finds that the euro exchange rate mainly danced to its own tune, with a particularly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083696
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Macroprudential Policy in a Monetary Union with Cross-Border Banking
Darracq Paries, Matthieu - 2019
We analyse the interaction between monetary and macroprudential policies in the euro area by means of a two-country DSGE model with financial frictions and cross-border spillover effects. We calibrate the model for the four largest euro area countries (i.e. Germany, France, Italy, and Spain),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012889411
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Do Bank Loans and Credit Standards Have an Effect on Output? A Panel Approach for the Euro Area
Cappiello, Lorenzo - 2010
Applying the identification strategy employed by Driscoll (2004) for the United States, this paper provides empirical evidence for the existence of a bank lending channel of monetary policy transmission in the euro area. In addition, and in contrast to recent findings for the US, we find that in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013149067
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Euro Area Banks’ Market Power, Lending Channel and Stability : The Effects of Negative Policy Rates
Altunbas, Yener; Avignone, Giuseppe; Kok, Christoffer; … - 2023
This paper investigates to what extent the introduction of negative monetary policy rates altered competitive behaviour in the euro area banking sector. Specifically, it analyses the effect that negative policy rates had on euro area banks’ market power in comparison to banks that have not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014257207
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Markups and inflation cyclicality in the euro area
Kouvavas, Omiros; Osbat, Chiara; Reinelt, Timo; … - 2021
Price inflation in the euro area has been stable and low since the Global Financial Crisis, despite notable changes in … output and unemployment. We show that an increasing share of high markup firms is part of the explanation of why inflation … countries and, by linking these markup developments to the evolution of sectoral level producer and consumer price inflation, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012819031
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Markups and Inflation Cyclicality in the Euro Area
Kouvavas, Omiros; Osbat, Chiara; Reinelt, Timo; … - 2021
Price inflation in the euro area has been stable and low since the Global Financial Crisis, despite notable changes in … output and unemployment. We show that an increasing share of high markup firms is part of the explanation of why inflation … countries and, by linking these markup developments to the evolution of sectoral level producer and consumer price inflation, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013313119