In this paper we argue that future inflation in an economy depends on the way people perceive current inflation, their … inflation sentiment. We construct some simple measures of inflation sentiment which capture whether price acceleration is shared … by many components of the CPI basket. In a comparative analysis of the forecasting power of the different inflation …

In this paper we argue that future inflation in an economy depends on the way people perceive current inflation, their … inflation sentiment. We construct some simple measures of inflation sentiment which capture whether price acceleration is shared … by many components of the CPI basket. In a comparative analysis of the forecasting power of the different inflation …

household and expert inflation expectations in five core European economies (France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Spain … in high inflation countries are using higher best fitting constant gain parameters than those in low inflation countries … frequently than households. Furthermore, household expectations in the Euro Area have not converged to the inflation goal of the …

recently adopted inflation targets. Some significant shifts in the conduct of monetary policy are detected in the G3 countries … begin to look consistent with an inflation-targeting regime. In addition, the introduction of inflation targeting and … inflation targets and central bank reforms. The paper challenges the one-size-fits-all attitude towards modern central bank …

household and expert inflation expectations in five core European economies (France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Spain … in high inflation countries are using higher best fitting constant gain parameters than those in low inflation countries … frequently than households. Furthermore, household expectations in the Euro Area have not converged to the inflation goal of the …

We show empirically that survey-based measures of expected inflation are significant and strong predictors of future … money illusion seems to be the driving force behind our results. Another popular hypothesis - inflation as a proxy for … aggregate risk aversion - is not supported by the data. -- Inflation expectations ; money illusion ; proxy hypothesis ; stock …