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the implications of digitalisation for measurement, productivity, labour markets and inflation, as well as more recent …, aggregate productivity growth has decreased in most advanced economies since the 1970s. However, it is likely that without the … spread of digital technologies the productivity slowdown would have been even more pronounced, and the recent acceleration in …
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for monetary policy, such as output, productivity, investment, employment and prices. This paper takes stock of … through a number of channels, including productivity, employment, competition and prices; (iii) digitalisation raises … productivity and lowers prices, similarly to other supply/technology shocks; (iv) this has implications for monetary policy and its …
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This paper discusses commercial banks’ demand for central bank reserves under two alternative monetary policy framework configurations, namely: (i) an interest rate corridor system with scarce liquidity, and (ii) a floor system with ample liquidity. It outlines the interaction between the...
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Since 2008, excess liquidity - defined as the sum of holdings of central bank reserves in excess of reserve requirements and holdings of equivalent central bank deposits - has tended to accumulate in specific euro area countries and in a small, slowly changing group of credit institutions....
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The Consumer Expectations Survey (CES) is an important new tool for analysing euro area household economic behaviour and expectations. This new survey covers a range of important topical areas including consumption and income, inflation and gross domestic product (GDP) growth, the labour market,...
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binding and particularly when productivity growth is low. Inflation differentials across euro area countries have tended to be …
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From 2013 up to the launch of the ECB’s strategy review in January 2020, inflation in the euro area was low and over-predicted. This low inflation during the years 2013-19 can be attributed to a combination of interconnected factors. Cyclical developments account for a substantial share of the...
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This paper – which takes into consideration overall experience with the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) as well as the improvements made to this measure of inflation since 2003 – finds that the HICP continues to fulfil the prerequisites for the index underlying the ECB’s...
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