After almost four decades of price stability, inflation has recently approached historical highs. Initially driven by … global energy and food price increases, the magnitude of the surge in inflation caught central banks and markets by surprise … monetary policy tightening, inflation upside risks are large. How can central banks restore control - and with it their own …

several years until cartel victims obtain damages. Interest and inflation are thus two key drivers of adequate compensation … legal systems treat interest and inflation as part of competition law actions for damages, and, using real-world data from …

, and Belgium and Malta being the largest losers. Governments are net winners of inflation, while the household (HH) sector … Spain turn out to be net winners of inflation. Considerable heterogeneity exists also within the HH sector: relatively young … middle class HHs are net winners of inflation, while older and richer HHs are losers. As a result, wealth inequality for the …

Competitiveness adjustment in struggling southern euro-area members requires persistently lower inflation than in major … trading partners, but low inflation worsens public debt sustainability. When average euro-area inflation undershoots the two …, inflation and budget surplus assumptions can easily result in a runaway debt trajectory. The case for a greater than five …