qualitative and quantitative information on subsequent inflation. The usefulness of monetary analysis is contrasted to weaknesses … in modeling monetary policy and inflation with respectively short-term interest rates and real activity measures. The … analysis sheds light on the recent change in inflation volatility and persistence as well as on the Phillips curve flattening …

Lukas Heim evaluates the performance of a price-level targeting rule compared to that of a standard inflation targeting …, and several additional structural disturbances. The results show that - exactly as expected - the volatility of inflation …-side shocks. Since inflation and output are targeted simultaneously, none of the two policies is strictly dominant. Contents …

Sharp changes in consumer expenditure may bias inflation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using public data from debit … inflation was higher during the lock-down than suggested by CPI inflation. The annual inflation rate of the COVID price index … lead to inflation being underestimated by more than a quarter of a percentage point until the end of 2020. …

authors examine the exchange rate influence on the inflation in Switzerland, separately for the pre-crisis and the …-through into inflation. Despite the effect's moderate influence, the decline was not immediate. The authors additionally analysed … intervention than from the precrisis period. The exchange rate effect on inflation was thus in a better accordance with theory …