Commodity Price Volatility, Cyclical Fluctuations, and Convergence: What is Ahead for Inflation in Emerging Europe?

March 1, 2009

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Edda Zoli. Commodity Price Volatility, Cyclical Fluctuations, and Convergence: What is Ahead for Inflation in Emerging Europe?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2009) accessed December 26, 2024

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Summary

This paper assesses the role of international commodity prices, cyclical fluctuations, and convergence in driving inflation in 18 European emerging economies. Country specific VARs and panel estimates indicate that international commodity price shocks have a significant impact on domestic inflation, but the inflation response is asymmetric for positive and negative shocks. Cyclical fluctuations explain a relative small share of inflation variability, and the inflation response is asymmetric during upturns and downturns. Price convergence is estimated to add nearly 3 percentage points to headline inflation, for the average country whose price level is about 50 percent relative to the EU-15 average.

Subject: Commodity price shocks, Food prices, Fuel prices, Inflation, Oil prices, Prices

Keywords: Commodity, Commodity price shocks, Commodity Prices, Energy inflation, Europe, Exchange rate, Food prices, Fuel prices, Headline inflation, Inflation, Inflation inertia, Inflation response, Inflation volatility, Oil prices, Price Convergence, Price inflation, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

21
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Working Paper No. 2009/041
Stock No:

WPIEA2009041
ISBN:

9781451871890
ISSN:

1018-5941

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