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 …

The quantity theory of money predicts a positive relationship between monetary growth and inflation over long …-run horizons. However, in the short-run, transitory shocks to either money or inflation can obscure the inflationary signal …. A ‘money augmented’ Phillips curve that links inflation to money tightness and demand shocks of medium to long …

countries with low inflation, the raw relationship between average inflation and the growth rate of money is tenuous at best … elasticities implied by theories of Baumol-Tobin and Miller-Orr. Finally, the sample after 1990 shows considerably less inflation … variability, worsening the fit of a one-for-one relationship between money growth and inflation, and generates a fairly low …

countries with low inflation, the raw relationship between average inflation and the growth rate of money is tenuous at best … elasticities implied by theories of Baumol-Tobin and Miller-Orr. Finally, the sample after 1990 shows considerably less inflation … variability, worsening the fit of a one-for-one relationship between money growth and inflation, and generates a fairly low …

Inflation volatility is clearly important for structural analysis, forecasting and policy purposes, yet it is often … overlooked in the literature. This paper compares inflation volatility among advanced open economies with inflation targeting …, the volatility of inflation was similar among countries, even when controlling for monetary policy activity and other …

We show that unexpected price level movements generate sizable wealth redistribution in the Euro Area (EA), using … to the presence of relatively few young borrowing HHs. We document that HHs inflation exposure varies systematically … across countries, with HHs in high inflation EA countries holding systematically lower nominal exposures. …

We show that unexpected price level movements generate sizable wealth redistribution in the Euro Area (EA), using … to the presence of relatively few young borrowing HHs. We document that HHs inflation exposure varies systematically … across countries, with HHs in high inflation EA countries holding systematically lower nominal exposures …