Inflation
Estonia to meet eurozone inflation target by end of 09
Baltic state “eager and willing” to fulfil Maastricht criteria, says central bank economist
Tips are good inflation hedge
Boston Federal Reserve says Tips hedge well against inflation risk
Fed will be ready for exit: Kohn
Donald Kohn, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, says the central bank will be fully prepared to tighten expansionary policy
Wanted: paranoid and unpopular central bankers
Panel says central bankers must look for risk everywhere and be prepared to implement unpopular policies to prevent the next crisis
Central banks victims of their own inflation-fighting success
European Central Bank tests whether memories of high inflation affect public preferences about the importance attached to price stability
Bank of England survey shows drop in overall satisfaction
Inflation Attitudes Survey also shows gap between public perception and real rates
No, the markets are not in state of hysteria about US inflation
Brendan Brown, the chief economist at Mitsubishi UFJ, asks if fears of prices exploding in the US are as irrational as some suggest
Fed’s Evans states case for independence
Chicago Federal Reserve’s Charles Evans warns Congress risks fuelling inflation if limits placed on Fed independence
How do financial markets price new information?
European Central Bank research paper investigates the reception of public signals in financial market
Sweden’s Oberg says inflationary pressures not there
Sveriges Riksbank’s Svante Oberg says policy rate will remain low
Inflation forecasting for a changing world
Norges Bank develops new model suitable for real-time inflation forecasting
Canada’s Carney backs price-level target
Bank of Canada’s Mark Carney says maintaining economic stability may require rethink on monetary policy
UK delivers inflation surprise
United Kingdom’s July inflation figures show prices rose more than expected, but sharp decline predicted in coming months
Czech National Bank – Inflation Report
Czech National Bank says inflation will fall further but remain positive this year
RBA – Statement on Monetary Policy
Reserve Bank of Australia says economic conditions are improving in the latest Statement on Monetary Policy
Deflation risk and unemployment hit euro area
Euro-area inflation slumps as unemployment soars
New Keynesian Phillips Curves with wage rigidities
Bank of Canada applies structural inflation models with real wage rigidities to the domestic economy
UK inflation sinks below target
British price gauge falls below Bank of England’s target for first time in almost two years
NY Fed’s Dudley: central banks must look to lean against the wind
New York Federal Reserve president backs calls for central banks to counter bubbles
Weaker CBs must work harder in face of shock
Central banks with less credibility must work harder to combat a cost shock
Eurozone inflation negative for the first time
Euro-area inflation has headed below zero
Inflation targeting: lessons from the crisis
Spencer Dale, the chief economist at the Bank of England, has said inflation targeting should remain a mainstay of macroeconomic policymaking in Britain.
Cyprus's Orphanides on inflation targeting
Inflation targeting has had a positive influence on policy even among central banks that have chosen not to adopt it, Athanasios Orphanides, the governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, has said.
Krugman hints at inflation remedy to fix crisis
Reducing the real value of debt burdens by stoking inflation is possibly the best bet to spur a global economic recovery, Paul Krugman, the Nobel laureate, said on Tuesday.