Price adjustments and inflation - evidence from Norwegian consumer price data 1975-2004

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Price adjustments and inflation - evidence from Norwegian consumer price data 1975-2004

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Fredrik Wulfsberg () (Norges Bank (Central Bank of Norway))

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Fredrik Wulfsberg

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I document price adjustments in both high and low inflation years from 14 milllion monthly price observations of 1,133 goods and services. The variation in the frequency of price changes explains all the variation in the inflation rate. On average, prices increase more often when inflation is high, and decrease more often when inflation is low. There is also substantial variation both in the duration and size of price changes within and between items.

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Paper provided by Norges Bank in its series Working Paper with number 2009/11.

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Date of creation: 24 Jun 2009
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E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure and Pricing - - - General
C2 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables

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