Inflation News and Euro Area Inflation Expectations
Juan Angel Garcia and
Sebastian Werner
No 2018/167, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund
Abstract:
Do euro area inflation expectations remain well-anchored? This paper finds that the protracted period of low (and below-target) inflation in the euro area since 2013 has weakened their anchoring. Testing their sensitivity to inflation and macroeconomic news, this paper expands existing results in two key dimensions. First, by analyzing all available (advanced) inflation releases. Second, the reactions of expectations are investigated at daily, time-varying and intraday frequency regressions to add robustness to our conclusions. Results point to a significant impact of inflation news over recent years that had not been observed before in the euro area.
Keywords: WP; inflation expectation; inflation rate; inflation; market-based inflation expectations; macroeconomic news; monetary policy; inflation compensation; flash estimate; swap rate; inflation market; inflation news; swap market; Return on investment; Global financial crisis of 2008-2009; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 59
Date: 2018-07-19
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