Inflation expectations constitute a subject of particular contemporary interest to central banks, especially those … pursuing a monetary policy based on a strategy of direct inflation targeting. Macroeconomic theory indicates that the … to properties of inflation expectations. Qualitative data on inflation expectations, as obtained from surveys, can be …

This paper discusses interlinkages between Poland and the euro zone using a simple and agnostic econometric approach … assumptions that allow us to identify how external factors affect the evolution of business cycles in Poland in the period 1999 …-2012. Our results suggest that developments in the euro zone can explain about 50 percent of poland’s output and interest rate …