Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/173463 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
External MPC Unit Discussion Paper No. 49
Publisher: 
Bank of England, External Monetary Policy Committee Unit, London
Abstract: 
This paper uses a "trendy" approach to understand UK inflation dynamics. It focuses on the time series to isolate a low-frequency and slow-moving component of inflation (the trend) from deviations around this trend. We find that this slow-moving trend explains a substantial share of UK inflation dynamics. International prices are significantly correlated with the short-term cyclical movements in inflation around its trend, and the exchange rate is significantly correlated with movements in the slow-moving, persistent trend. Other variables emphasized in standard inflation models - such as slack and inflation expectations - may also play some role, but their significance varies and the magnitude of their effects is substantially smaller than for commodity prices and the exchange rate. These results highlight the sensitivity of UK inflation dynamics to events in the rest of the world. They also provide guidance on when deviations of inflation from target are more likely to be temporary, and when (and how quickly) a monetary policy response is appropriate.
Subjects: 
UK
inflation
UCSV
exchange rate
slack
inflation expectations
monetary policy
JEL: 
E31
E5
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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