Arbeitspapier

A Phillips curve for the euro area

This paper asks whether a textbook Phillips curve can explain the behavior of core inflation in the euro area. A critical feature of the analysis is that we measure core inflation with the weighted median of industry inflation rates, which is less volatile than the common measure of inflation excluding food and energy prices. We find that fluctuations in core inflation since the creation of the euro are well explained by three factors: expected inflation (as measured by surveys of forecasters); the output gap (as measured by the OECD); and the pass-through of movements in headline inflation. Our specification resolves the puzzle of a "missing disinflation" after the Great Recession, and it diminishes the puzzle of a "missing inflation" during the recent economic recovery.

ISBN
978-92-899-3997-3
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ECB Working Paper ; No. 2354

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
Business Fluctuations; Cycles
Thema
Phillips curve
euro area
median inflation
missing inflation
missingdisinflation
core inflation

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Ball, Laurence M.
Mazumder, Sandeep
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
European Central Bank (ECB)
(wo)
Frankfurt a. M.
(wann)
2020

DOI
doi:10.2866/364747
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Ball, Laurence M.
  • Mazumder, Sandeep
  • European Central Bank (ECB)

Entstanden

  • 2020

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