Global Inflation

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This paper shows that in inflation in industrialized countries is largely a global phenomenon. First, inflations of (22) OECD countries have a common factor that alone accounts for nearly 70% of their variance. This large variance share that is associated to Global Inflation is not only due to the trend components of inflation (up from 1960 to 1980 and down thereafter) but also to fluctuations at business cycle frequencies. Second, Global Inflation is, consistently with standard models of inflation, a function of real developments at short horizons and monetary developments at longer horizons. Third, there is a very robust "error correction mechanism" that brings national inflation rates back to Global Inflation. This model consistently beats the previous benchmarks used to forecast inflation 1 to 8 quarters ahead across samples and countries.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Kiel Working Paper ; No. 1337

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Price Level; Inflation; Deflation ; International Policy Coordination and Transmission ; Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
• Subject: Inflation ; common factor ; international business cycle ; OECD countries ; Inflation ; Inflationsübertragung ; Inflationskonvergenz ; Globalisierung ; OECD-Staaten

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ciccarelli, Matteo ; Mojon, Benoît
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
• (where): Kiel
• (when): 2006

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/17853
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET