Untangling Persistent versus Transitory Shocks to Inflation

Kevin Lansing

FRBSF Economic Letter, 2022, vol. 2022, issue 13, 05

Abstract: How much persistent versus transitory forces contribute to inflation influences the Federal Reserve’s ability to achieve its goal of 2% average inflation over time. If elevated inflation is driven mainly by persistent shocks, then a stronger and longer-lasting policy response is likely to be needed to bring inflation back down. Recent data show that consecutive changes in monthly inflation rates have tended to move increasingly in the same direction. This pattern suggests that the contribution of persistent shocks to inflation has been rising since mid-2019.

Keywords: inflation; persistent shocks; transitory shocks; covid19; historical data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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