This chapter aims at assessing the long-run determinants and the short-run dynamics of inflation in each country … cointegrating VAR approach, which allows for a structural long-run analysis of inflation determinants along with an accurate … inflation differ in the countries belonging to the Euro Area, but also that cost-push factors have a considerable role in …

We investigate output sensitivity of inflation in the euro area through a disaggregated analysis using price indices at … of the ICSP is significantly higher than that of headline inflation. The difference in output sensitivity is most … striking between the ICSP and core inflation because of the rather strong cyclical sensitivity of processed and unprocessed …