Seit der Jahrtausendwende wird in Deutschland die im internationalen Vergleich schwache Investitionsentwicklung beklagt. Allerdings wird in der Diskussion häufig nur die nominale Investitionsquote betrachtet, d.h. der Anteil der nominalen Investitionen am nominalen Bruttoinlandsprodukt. Hierin...

In Germany, package holidays, which consist of a bundle of flight and accommodation services, are an important driver of consumer prices. Several challenges arise when measuring the price development of package holidays, for example the quality of accommodation, the timing of the booking, the...

Als Reaktion auf die Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise 2007/08 sahen sich die Zentralbanken führender Wirtschafts- und Währungsräume veranlasst, ihren Leitzins drastisch zu senken. Dort, wo eine Stimulierung durch weitere Zinsschritte aufgrund der Nullzinsschranke nicht mehr möglich war, setzte...

E-commerce has become more prevalent throughout Europe in the last decade. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic accelerated this trend, particularly in the retail sector. This paper focuses on the implications of increasing business-to-consumer e-commerce for prices and inflation in the euro...

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic caused a deep recession globally, as well as in the euro area, accompanied by a steep decline in inflation rates in 2020. This paper reviews some of the main challenges created by the pandemic for inflation measurement and provides micro price data analysis of...

This paper provides an extensive literature review and analyses some open issues in the measurement of inflation that can only be explored in depth using micro price data. It builds on the analysis done in the context of the ECB’s strategy review, which pointed at directions for improvement of...

This paper documents five stylised facts relating to price adjustment in the euro area, using various micro price datasets collected in a period with relatively low and stable inflation. First, price changes are infrequent in the core sectors. On average, 12% of consumer prices change each...