; d) labour mobility. Temporary inflation and output growth differentials are likely in a common currency area since … prices and output adjustment is required to absorb shocks. In the euro area, output growth and inflation differentials are … also related to the ongoing catch - up process in some of the member countries. Persistent inflation differentials can have …

Discussions on "profit inflation" are mired in conceptual unclarities, definitional idiosyncrasies and data problems …. This article attempts to bring conceptual clarity to the debate on profit inflation, defining profit inflation strictly as … squeezed. However, the conflict underlying the recent surge in inflation concerns not just corporate shareholders profiteering …