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Breaking Bad: A Disaggregated Analysis of Inflation Inertia

By Serhan Cevik

September 2, 2022

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Serhan Cevik. Breaking Bad: A Disaggregated Analysis of Inflation Inertia, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2022) accessed November 8, 2024

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Summary

The post-pandemic rise in consumer prices across the world has renewed interest in inflation dynamics after decades of global disinflation. This paper contributes to the literature by providing a granular investigation of inflation persistence at the city level in Lithuania during the period 2000–2021, as well as a comparison of inflation persistence at the country level vis-àvis the eurozone over the same period. Using disaggregate monthly data collected in five major cities, the empirical analysis finds a mixed and ambiguous picture of inflation persistence. While the headline inflation does not appear to exhibit a high degree of persistence, most consumption categories have significant persistence. As a result, shocks may not remain transitory and instead have persistent effects that could spillover across subcomponents depending on the size of the shock.

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    15

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2022/167

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2022167

  • ISBN:

    9798400219689

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941