The existence of nominal rigidities and inflation differentials between countries offers two of the main rationales for … an inflation buffer in a monetary union where monetary policy is oriented towards an area-wide inflation objective … strong argument for a positive inflation buffer to “grease the wheels” of the euro area economy – also in order to avoid the …

This paper evaluates the usefulness of various measures of core inflation for the conduct of monetary policy …. Traditional exclusion-based measures of core inflation are found to perform relatively poorly across a range of evaluation … move with macroeconomic drivers. All measures of core inflation, however, have limitations - consequently, there is merit …

We provide an updated evaluation of the value of various measures of core inflation that could be used in the conduct … of monetary policy. We find that the Bank of Canada's current preferred measures of core inflation-CPI-trim, CPI … biased, less volatile and much more persistent relative to alternative core measures and CPI inflation. They are also still …