There has been an awakening. The rise (and fall) of inflation in the euro area

Stefano Neri

No 834, Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) from Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area

Abstract: In the summer of 2021, inflation woke up for the first time in many years. The period of low inflation in the euro area ended abruptly with the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and the energy crisis. Supply bottlenecks and energy prices played an important role in pushing up core inflation. Despite the rise in consumer prices, the ECB's monetary policy response helped to re-anchor long-term inflation expectations to the new symmetric 2 per cent target. With expectations well anchored, the risks of second-round effects limited and the downside risks to growth heightened, it is time to take stock of the effects of monetary policy so far and those still to come, and wait for the effects of past shocks on inflation to fade.

Keywords: inflation energy prices; supply bottlenecks; long-term inflation expectations; monetary policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 E31 E32 E37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-03
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