decisions on the EU-wide average of inflation and growth or should it instead focus on (appropriately weighted) national rates … of inflation and growth? We find that a central bank that minimises the national welfare losses reacts less to common … the variability of common shocks is large relative to the inflation bias. For a single country, welfare is lower in this …

decisions on the EU-wide average of inflation and growth or should it instead focus on (appropriately weighted) national welfare … losses based on national rates of inflation and growth? We find that a central bank that minimises the sum of national … common shocks is large relative to the inflation bias and if idiosyncratic demand shocks in the non-tradables sector are not …

' inflation aversion and exit costs …

decisions on the EU-wide average of inflation and growth or should it instead focus on (appropriately weighted) national welfare … losses based on national rates of inflation and growth? We find that a central bank that minimises the sum of national … common shocks is large relative to the inflation bias and if idiosyncratic demand shocks in the non-tradables sector are not …

' inflation aversion and exit costs. …