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Rational Inattention, Inflation Developments and Perceptions after the Euro Cash Changeover

Ehrmann, Michael - 2021

This paper uses the euro cash changeover to test theories of finite informationprocessing capacities on the side of … effects are found in particular for goods with prices below one euro sold in mid-priced stores. The paper also finds that …

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Inflation persistence and price-setting behaviour in the euro area : a summary of the Inflation Persistence Network evidence

Altissimo, Filippo; Ehrmann, Michael; Smets, Frank - 2006

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 …

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The predictability of monetary policy

Blattner, Tobias; Catenaro, Marco; Ehrmann, Michael; … - 2008

Current best practice in central banking views a high level of monetary policy predictability as desirable. A clear distinction, however, has to be made between short-term and longer-term predictability. While short-term predictability can be narrowly defined as the ability of the public to...

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