Inflation in Germany has fluctuated strongly in the past eight years. The Bundesbank's economists have now examined the extent to which the Phillips curve model explains recent price developments. Import and energy prices have turned out to be particularly decisive.

There are additional insights to be gained from going beyond established calculation variables and incorporating inflation options when analysing inflation expectations: so reads the Bundesbank’s recommendation in the June edition of its Monthly Report. Expectations regarding future inflation developments are of major importance to the credibility and effectiveness of a monetary policy with a clear focus on price stability.

Prof. Dr. Axel A. Weber, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Speech at the Foreign Policy Association

Dates in the legal framework of German monetary policy 1948 - 2007