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 …

We analyze the similarities and the differences in the fragility of the European Monetary System (EMS) and the Eurozone … foreign exchange markets while in the Eurozone it was the absence of a lender of last resort in the long-term government bond … Eurozone the roles were reversed. The national central banks that became part of the Eurosystem were strengthened. …

We analyze the similarities and the differences in the fragility of the European Monetary System (EMS) and the Eurozone … foreign exchange markets while in the Eurozone it was the absence of a lender of last resort in the long-term government bond … Eurozone the roles were reversed. The national central banks that became part of the Eurosystem were strengthened …

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 …

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 …