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 …

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 …

-term inflation volatility in response to exogenous shocks can be optimal; the optimal response to adverse financial shocks is to … lower interest rates, if not at the zero bound, and to engineer a short period of controlled inflation; the Taylor rule may …

We measure the heterogeneous welfare effects of the recent inflation surge across households in the Euro Area. A simple … framework illustrating the numerous channels of the transmission mechanism of surprise inflation to household welfare guides our …; (ii) this inflation episode resembles an age-dependent tax, with the elderly losing up to 20%, and roughly half of the 25 …

-term inflation volatility in response to exogenous shocks can be optimal; that the optimal response to adverse financial shocks is to … lower interest rates, if not at the zero bound, and to engineer a short period of inflation; that the Taylor rule may …