In this paper, we investigate the co-incidence of inflation persistence and poverty in a small open economy, using disaggregated data for Ghana. We initially employ various fractional integration (FI) tests for (a) the existence of long-memory and (b) an estimate of the degree of persistence,...

In this paper we provide an insight into the inflation dynamics in a panel of Central and Eastern European countries. These countries are selected because of their increasing importance in the EU and their likely increased future importance in monetary policy decisions inside the euro area. By...

In sub-Saharan Africa, where inflation persistence is likely to have deleterious welfare consequences, little attempt has been made to study this phenomenon. Using data over 1989:11-2002:09, this paper investigates persistence in disaggre- gated (food and non-food) inflation for thirteen...