below the ECB’s inflation target. Therefore, a readjustment of the infl ation target seems unjustified. Furthermore, as the … ECB can expect inflation to return to its target, it possibly can accelerate tapering its unconventional monetary policy …

Despite closing output gaps and tightening labor markets, inflation has remained low in the euro area. Based on an … augmented Phillips Curve framework, we find that this phenomenon-sometimes attributed to low global inflation-has been primarily … caused by a remarkable persistence of inflation, keeping it low despite the reduction in slack. This feature is shown to be …

the tradeable sector. They also suggest that the sales destination matters: wage growth contributes to domestic inflation … for goods but not to export inflation. Finally, we also provide evidence of an increase in the wage-price pass …

This paper analyses the role of inflation expectations in the euro area. On one hand, the question is how inflation … expectations affect both inflation and output, and, on the other hand, how inflation expectations reflect developments in these … variables. The analyses make use of a simple VAR model of inflation, inflation expectations and the output gap that allows for …