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Consumption patterns and inflation measurement issues during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Kouvavas, Omiros
  • Trezzi, Riccardo
  • Eiglsperger, Martin
  • Goldhammer, Bernhard
  • Gonçalves, Eduardo

Abstract

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered large shifts in household consumption as well as issues related to price collection. We construct a monthly-reweighted consumer price index for the euro area which is able to capture part of the changes in household consumption since the beginning of the pandemic. In this way, we quantify the gap between published HICP inflation and the inflation rate of the items actually purchased by final consumers. Furthermore, we discuss the issue of price imputation and its impact on published statistics. JEL Classification: E2, E3, E4

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  • Kouvavas, Omiros & Trezzi, Riccardo & Eiglsperger, Martin & Goldhammer, Bernhard & Gonçalves, Eduardo, 2020. "Consumption patterns and inflation measurement issues during the COVID-19 pandemic," Economic Bulletin Boxes, European Central Bank, vol. 7.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecb:ecbbox:2020:0007:3
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    1. > Economics of Welfare > Health Economics > Economics of Pandemics > Specific pandemics > Covid-19 > Economic policy > Money and monetary policy

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    1. Knetsch, Thomas A. & Schwind, Patrick & Weinand, Sebastian, 2022. "The impact of weight shifts on inflation: Evidence for the euro area HICP," Discussion Papers 27/2022, Deutsche Bundesbank.
    2. Henkel, Lukas & Wieland, Elisabeth & Błażejowska, Aneta & Conflitti, Cristina & Fabo, Brian & Fadejeva, Ludmila & Jonckheere, Jana & Karadi, Peter & Macias, Paweł & Menz, Jan-Oliver & Seiler, Pascal &, 2023. "Price setting during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic," Occasional Paper Series 324, European Central Bank.

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    Keywords

    HICP weights; Inflation measurement;

    JEL classification:

    • E2 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment
    • E3 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles
    • E4 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates

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