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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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An Inflation-Predicting Measure of the Output Gap in the Euro Area
Jarocinski, Marek - 2016
are consistent with the behavior of inflation. We label these deviations the output gap. In order to pin-down the features … of the model, we evaluate the accuracy of real-time inflation forecasts from different model specifications. The version … that forecasts inflation best implies that after the 2011 sovereign debt crisis the output gap in the euro area has been …
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Money, Credit, Monetary Policy and the Business Cycle in the Euro Area : What Has Changed since the Crisis?
Giannone, Domenico - 2019
This paper studies the relationship between the business cycle and financial intermediation in the euro area. We establish stylized facts and study their stability during the global financial crisis and the European sovereign debt crisis. Long-term interest rates have been exceptionally high and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012893985
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How Does Monetary Policy Affect Income and Wealth Inequality? Evidence from Quantitative Easing in the Euro Area
Lenza, Michele; Slacalek, Jiri - 2021
This paper studies the effects of quantitative easing on income and wealth of individual euro area households. The aggregate effects of quantitative easing are estimated in a multi-country VAR model of the four largest euro area countries, in which key variables affecting household income and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315393
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Monetary Policy in Exceptional Times
Lenza, Michele; Pill, Huw; Reichlin, Lucrezia - 2021
This paper describes the response of three central banks to the 2007-09 financial crisis: the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. In particular, the paper discusses the design, implementation and impact of so-called "non-standard" monetary policy measures focusing...
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