is stronger for countries with higher average inflation or debt. …

paper examines the distribution dynamics of inflation rates in ten EU members from CEE relative to the EMU accession … benchmark inflation over the period 1990-2009. In contrast to previous studies, we use nonparametric methods to test for … convergence in inflation rates between CEE and the EMU benchmark as well as within the CEE sample. Over the entire sample period …

rates on 1 January 2014 are expected to have a moderate impact on inflation. …

and RFF. A theoretically expected inverse relation between SP and inflation accounts for the results. The negative effect … of SP on FF is also confirmed in a Taylor Rule estimate. Higher stock prices anticipate lower, not higher, inflation. …

Globalization has given rise to new concerns that domestic inflation is caused by global developments, especially in … paper explores the role of globalization, if any, for inflation, particularly in Switzerland, one of the smallest and most … open economies where the globalization hypothesis should be most relevant, but where inflation historically has been among …

Theories of inflation derived from the Latin American structuralist thought contain a set of contributions that … inflationary phenomenon can have for structuralists. First we assume that the structural theory of inflation is the dual … conflict between groups of interest underlies the structural approach of inflation. The conflict results from changes in …

Inflation rates have traditionally been measured by the annualized percentage change in the price level of a market … and services. Therefore, different households experience different inflation rates. This paper finds that these … experienced an inflation rate that was similar to the national average. Furthermore, the higher the average inflation rate over …

financial stability in central banking. It argues that price stability can be achieved with a flexible inflation …