Following continuous improvements and expansion of the scope of products and prices, our latest inflation nowcast included 30 databases with data from over 130 different websites and prices for over 30,000 products. The prices are automatically "scraped" using the codes created in-house by using available software.
In the context of this Pact, EU governments have agreed to reduce their government budget deficits to close to balance or even to create surpluses in the medium term. Should ministers refrain from speaking about monetary policy in public? My own preferred answer to this question, whatever it might be, is largely irrelevant.