Inflation in advanced economies is low by historical standards but there is no threat of deflation. Slower economic … growth is caused by supply-side constraints rather than low inflation. Below-the-target inflation does not damage the … reputation of central banks. Thus, central banks should not try to bring inflation back to the targeted level of 2%. Rather, they …

bankers to explain their monetary policy decisions in detail and for them to publish inflation forecasts. This leads to the … question of how central bank transparency is entangled with price stability and inflation volatility. A plethora of studies … transparency leads to lower inflation, others concluded that openness of central banks results in higher prices. Conversely, there …

independence and inflation. Making use of data on the evolution of central bank independence over time and controlling for possible … country's inflation performance. Examining a cross-section of up to 69 countries, we are able to show that granting a central … bank more autonomy does not necessarily lead to better inflation performance. To lower inflation by increasing independence …

in a more complex environment, both due to the pandemic that was sweeping the world and the bulky debt that countries are …

negatively correlated with inflation and inflation variance across countries. But the cross-country approach has been criticised … economy, higher output and somewhat lower inflation. We also investigate the interaction between the central bank and the …