Inflationary household uncertainty shocks
Ambrocio, Gene (14.02.2022)
Numero
5/2022Julkaisija
Bank of Finland
2022
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:bof-202202141057Tiivistelmä
I construct a novel measure of household uncertainty based on survey data for European countries. I show that household uncertainty shocks do not universally behave like negative demand shocks. Notably, household uncertainty shocks are largely inflationary in Europe. Further analysis, including a comparison of results across countries, suggest that factors related to average markups along with monetary policy play a role in the transmission of household uncertainty to inflation.These results lend support to a pricing bias mechanism as an important transmission channel.
Julkaisuhuomautus
This publication replaces BoF DP 5/2020 of the same name.