The deflationary effect of oil prices in the euro area

被引:8
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作者
Castro, Cesar [1 ]
Jerez, Miguel [2 ,3 ]
Barge-Gil, Andres [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Salamanca, Dept Econ, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain
[2] Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Econ Anal 2, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
[3] Univ Complutense Madrid, ICAE, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
关键词
Inflation; Deflation; Oil price; Euro area; Forecasts;
D O I
10.1016/j.eneco.2016.03.010
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
The inflationary effect of oil price has been widely examined by academic literature. Nowadays, the main concern in the euro area (E.A.) is its deflationary effect. In this paper we propose a method to evaluate the effect of oil price changes on inflation as well as an indicator of inflation adjusted for the short-term effect of oil prices, which is aimed to assess the risk of deflation in real time. We illustrate the practical applications of these tools by predicting the evolution of inflation in the E.A., conditional to different scenarios of oil price deflation. Our main finding is that no deflationary scenario for oil prices results in a negative inflation rate forecast for December 2016, despite oil price variation accounting for 25% of the variance of changes in inflation. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:389 / 397
页数:9
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