through to all components of euro area inflation - producer prices, wages and core inflation, which has implications for …

Italian inflation has risen to 9.4% in September 2022. Energy goods have been the primary driver of the inflation surge … since the fall of 2021, but price increases are now spreading to the whole economy, with 'core' inflation at 5.3%. Since … increases. The gap between nominal wages and inflation have started to widen; in the first nine months of 2022 real wages lost 6 …

Inflation in Austria started to rise from mid-2021 during recovery from the CORONA crisis. The Russian invasion in … Ukraine and the heavy increases in energy prices made things worse and brought inflation to over 10%. The government did not … enter direct formal negotiations with social partners but subsequent anti-inflation packages met many demands made by social …

Inflation in Austria started to rise from mid-2021 during recovery from the CORONA crisis. The Russian invasion in … Ukraine and the heavy increases in energy prices made things worse and brought inflation to over 10%. The government did not … enter direct formal negotiations with social partners but subsequent anti-inflation packages met many demands made by social …

, 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 …