This paper introduces a global database that contains inflation series: (i) for a wide range of inflation measures … (headline, food, energy, and core consumer price inflation; producer price inflation; and gross domestic product deflator … sources, the database constitutes a comprehensive, single source for inflation series. The paper illustrates the potential use …

Emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) have experienced an extraordinary decline in inflation since the early … 1970s. After peaking in 1974 at 17.3 percent, inflation in these economies declined to 3.5 percent in 2017. Despite a … checkered history of managing inflation among many EMDEs, disinflation occurred across all regions. This paper presents a …

The paper studies the extent of global inflation synchronization using a dynamic factor model in a large set of … (advanced economies and emerging market and developing economies) and to analyze commonalities in inflation synchronization … across a wide range of inflation measures. The paper reports three major results. First, inflation movements have become …

This paper presents a comprehensive examination of the determination and evolution of inflation expectations, with a … focus on emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). The results suggest that long-term inflation expectations in …. Indeed, in EMDEs, long-term inflation expectations are more sensitive to both domestic and global inflation shocks. However …