Inflation and Output Comovement in the Euro Area: Love at Second Sight?

This paper discusses comovement between inflation and output in the euro area. The strength of the comovement may not be apparent at first sight, but is clear at business cycle frequencies. Our results suggest that at business cycle frequency, the output and core inflation comovement is high and sta...

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Main Author: Andrle, Michal (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C International Monetary Fund 2013
Series:IMF Working Papers Working Paper No. 13/192
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Summary:This paper discusses comovement between inflation and output in the euro area. The strength of the comovement may not be apparent at first sight, but is clear at business cycle frequencies. Our results suggest that at business cycle frequency, the output and core inflation comovement is high and stable, and that inflation lags the cycle in output with roughly half of its variance. The strong relationship of output and inflation hints at the importance of demand shocks for the euro area business cycle
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (26 p)
ISBN:1475538936
9781475538939

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