linked to input price volatility …We analyse the adjustment of retail and services prices in a period of low inflation, using a set of individual price … data from the German Consumer Price Index that covers the years 1998 to 2003. We strong find evidence of time- and …

input price volatility. …We analyse the adjustment of retail and services prices in a period of low inflation, using a set of individual price … data from the German Consumer Price Index which covers the years 1998 to 2003. We strong find evidence of time- and state …

the degree of price rigidity that is inherent to the price setting mechanism (intrinsic) and that which is due to the … price's driving variables (extrinsic). Using two data sets consisting of a large fraction of the price quotes used to … compute the Belgian and French CPI, we are able to assess the role of intrinsic and extrinsic price stickiness in explaining …

the frequency of price changes, has increased in the recent years of protracted stagnation and double-dip recession. The … Consumer Price Index. We find that both the percentage of prices adjusted monthly and the average size of the adjustment have … price adjustment mechanism: for manufactures, price cuts have become larger and more frequent, while increases are more …