Understanding Euro Area Inflation Dynamics : Why So Low for So Long? /

Despite closing output gaps and tightening labor markets, inflation has remained low in the euro area. Based on an augmented Phillips Curve framework, we find that this phenomenon-sometimes attributed to low global inflation-has been primarily caused by a remarkable persistence of inflation, keeping...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abdih, Yasser
Other Authors: Lin, Li, Paret, Anne-Charlotte
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/188
Online Access:Full text available on IMF