Density forecasts of euro area inflation are a fundamental input for a medium-term oriented central bank, such as the … euro area (headline and core) inflation and a large set of determinants, is competitive with state-of-the-art linear … ECB point inflation forecasts, displaying similar deviations from "linearity". Given that the ECB modelling toolbox is …

This study analyses the impact of economic catching-up on annual inflation rates in the European Union with a special … Balassa-Samuelson effect is not an important driver of inflation rates. By contrast, we find that the initial price level and … regulated prices strongly affect inflation outcomes in a nonlinear manner and that the extension of Engel’s Law may hold during …

between inflation and economic growth beyond which the detrimental effects of high inflation offset the stimulating effects of … mild inflation on growth. However, it is not clear whether it is appropriate to assume an identical turning point in the … inflation and growth relation across countries at various stages of development. Using a non-linear specification and the data …