Inflation Expectations, Consumption and the Lower Bound: Micro Evidence from a Large Euro Area Survey

This paper exploits a very large multi-country survey of consumers to investigate empirically whether higher inflation expectations lead to more consumer spending.

Information and identifiers

Discussion Paper 092. February 2019. Brussels. PDF. 44pp. Tab. Graph. Bibliogr. Free.

KC-BD-18-019-EN-N (online)
ISBN 978-92-79-77429-4 (online)
ISSN 2443-8022 (online)
doi: 10.2765/844956 (online)

JEL classification: D12, D84, E21, E31, E52.

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