Driving Forces of Inflation in New EU Countries (in English)
Year: 2006 Volume: 56 Issue: 5 -6 Pages: 246-257
Abstract: Driving forces of inflation in the eight new EU member states from Central and Eastern Europe are analyzed using the generalized dynamic-factor model (GDFM) developed by Forni et al. the impact of various macroeconomic variables on inflation is estimated by regressing the GDFM idiosyncratic component on these variables; the importance of second-round and indirect effects from energy shocks is assessed using a bivariate VAR. The author´s results suggest that, first, a significant part of inflation in the new members is driven by common factors, and, second, common component inflation is a better estimator of underlying inflation than a core inflation measure (i.e., headline inflation, excluding energy, food, alcohol, and tobacco).
JEL classification: C13, C33, E31
Keywords: generalized dynamic-factor model; idiosyncratic components; inflation
RePEc: http://ideas.repec.org/a/fau/fauart/v56y2006i5-6p246-257.html
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