-up are the most important source of inflation variability in the euro area. This article shows that an empirically plausible …

This paper provides a summary of current knowledge on inflation persistence and price stickiness in the euro area … are: i) Under the current monetary policy regime, the estimated degree of inflation persistence in the euro area is … moderate; ii) Retail prices in the euro area are more sticky than in the US; iii) There is significant sectoral heterogeneity …

. Evidence accumulated since 2003 suggests that nominal rigidities remain a prevalent feature of the euro area, with some … strong argument for a positive inflation buffer to “grease the wheels” of the euro area economy – also in order to avoid the … binding and particularly when productivity growth is low. Inflation differentials across euro area countries have tended to be …

. Evidence accumulated since 2003 suggests that nominal rigidities remain a prevalent feature of the euro area, with some … strong argument for a positive inflation buffer to “grease the wheels” of the euro area economy – also in order to avoid the … binding and particularly when productivity growth is low. Inflation differentials across euro area countries have tended to be …

the most important source of inflation variability in the euro area. This article shows that an empirically plausible …

This paper provides a summary of current knowledge on inflation persistence and price stickiness in the euro area … are: i) Under the current monetary policy regime, the estimated degree of inflation persistence in the euro area is … moderate; ii) Retail prices in the euro area are more sticky than in the US; iii) There is significant sectoral heterogeneity …