there is no shorter-term trade-off between fast real convergence and low inflation. Such a tradeoff characterises the … dynamic process moving the economy along the regression line. But the actual dynamics may run off that line. High inflation is …

Is inflation persistence in the new EU Member States (NMS) comparable to that in the euro area countries? We argue that … show that due to frequent breaks in inflation time series in the NMS, parametric statistical measures assuming a constant …-varying mean leads to the reversal of this result and suggests similar or lower inflation persistence for the NMS compared to euro …