Price setting in the euro area: Some stylized facts from Individual Consumer Price Data

Emmanuel Dhyne
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Jouko Vilmunen, Nicole Jonker, Johannes Hoffmann, Hervé LE BIHAN, Giovanni F. Veronese, Luis J. Alvarez, Fabio Rumler and Daniel Dias

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Abstract: This paper documents patterns of price setting at the retail level in the euro area. A set of stylized facts on the frequency and size of price changes is presented along with an econometric investigation of their main determinants. Price adjustment in the euro area can be summarized in six stylized facts. First, prices of most products change rarely. The average monthly frequency of price adjustment is 15 p.c., compared to about 25 p.c. in the US. Second, the frequency of price changes is characterized by substantial crossproduct heterogeneity and pronounced sectoral patterns: prices of (oilrelated) energy and unprocessed food products change very often, while price adjustments are less frequent for processed food products, nonenergy industrial goods and services. Third, crosscountry heterogeneity exists but is less pronounced. Fourth, price decreases are not uncommon. Fifth, price increases and decreases are sizeable compared to aggregate and sectoral inflation rates. Sixth, price changes are not highly synchronized across pricesetters. Moreover, the frequency of price changes in the euro area is related to a number of factors, in particular seasonality, outlet type, indirect taxation, use of attractive prices as well as aggregate or productspecific inflation.

JEL-codes: C25 D40 E31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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