Oil Price Pass-Through into Core Inflation Accessible Data

Figure 1: Oil price pass-through into core inflation

Left plot: Idiosyncratic component

lag US EA
IRF up down IRF up down
0 0.09 0.17 0.00 -0.09 0.01 -0.19
1 0.11 0.19 0.03 -0.06 0.05 -0.18
2 0.18 0.27 0.09 0.01 0.13 -0.10
3 0.08 0.17 0.00 -0.04 0.07 -0.15
4 0.02 0.11 -0.07 0.00 0.12 -0.11
5 0.05 0.14 -0.05 -0.08 0.04 -0.19
6 0.02 0.11 -0.07 -0.02 0.09 -0.13
7 0.01 0.06 -0.04 -0.02 0.05 -0.08
8 0.00 0.04 -0.04 0.01 0.05 -0.04
9 0.01 0.04 -0.03 0.00 0.04 -0.04
10 0.01 0.04 -0.02 -0.02 0.02 -0.06
11 -0.01 0.02 -0.03 -0.01 0.03 -0.04
12 0.00 0.02 -0.02 -0.01 0.02 -0.05
13 0.00 0.02 -0.01 0.00 0.02 -0.02
14 0.00 0.02 -0.01 0.01 0.03 -0.01
15 0.01 0.02 -0.01 -0.01 0.01 -0.02
16 0.00 0.01 -0.01 0.00 0.01 -0.01
17 0.00 0.01 -0.01 -0.01 0.01 -0.02
18 0.00 0.01 -0.01 -0.01 0.00 -0.02
19 0.00 0.01 -0.01 0.00 0.01 -0.01
20 0.00 0.01 -0.01 0.00 0.01 -0.01
21 0.00 0.01 -0.01 0.00 0.00 -0.01
22 0.00 0.01 -0.01 0.00 0.01 -0.01
23 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.01
24 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.01

Right plot: Common component

lag US EA
IRF up down IRF up down
0 0.05 0.09 0.01 0.00 0.03 -0.02
1 0.05 0.08 0.01 0.03 0.06 0.00
2 0.03 0.06 -0.01 0.04 0.07 0.00
3 0.04 0.08 0.00 0.01 0.04 -0.03
4 0.05 0.08 0.01 0.05 0.08 0.01
5 0.03 0.07 -0.01 0.03 0.06 -0.01
6 0.05 0.09 0.01 0.04 0.07 0.00
7 0.03 0.07 0.00 0.03 0.06 0.00
8 0.03 0.06 0.00 0.03 0.06 0.00
9 0.03 0.06 0.01 0.03 0.05 0.00
10 0.03 0.05 0.00 0.02 0.05 0.00
11 0.03 0.05 0.00 0.02 0.05 0.00
12 0.02 0.05 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.00
13 0.02 0.04 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.00
14 0.02 0.04 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.00
15 0.02 0.04 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.00
16 0.02 0.04 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.00
17 0.02 0.04 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.00
18 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.00
19 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.00
20 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.00
21 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.00
22 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.00
23 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.00
24 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.00

Note: The right plot show the pass-through of an unexpected 10% increase in the real oil price into the common component, while the left plot show the pass-through into the idiosyncratic component. On each plot the thick blue line is the point estimate for the EA, while the thin blue lines are the 90% confidence bands. Likewise, the dotted red line and the shaded area are the point estimate and the confidence bands for the US, respectively. The x-axis represents months after the oil price increases, while the y-axis represents percentage points.

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Figure 2: Oil price contribution to core inflation

Year US EA
HD up down HD up down
1997 0.00 0.01 -0.02 -0.01 0.00 -0.02
1998 -0.12 -0.04 -0.20 -0.10 -0.01 -0.19
1999 -0.02 0.03 -0.07 -0.05 0.02 -0.13
2000 0.13 0.22 0.03 0.10 0.21 0.00
2001 0.02 0.06 -0.03 0.04 0.09 -0.01
2002 -0.01 0.02 -0.04 0.00 0.04 -0.03
2003 0.04 0.07 0.01 0.03 0.07 -0.01
2004 0.08 0.13 0.03 0.05 0.09 0.01
2005 0.12 0.20 0.03 0.11 0.20 0.01
2006 0.11 0.20 0.02 0.11 0.22 0.01
2007 0.06 0.11 0.01 0.07 0.13 0.00
2008 0.11 0.21 0.01 0.12 0.23 0.01
2009 -0.10 -0.02 -0.19 -0.09 0.00 -0.18
2010 0.01 0.03 -0.01 0.01 0.02 -0.01
2011 0.05 0.08 0.01 0.07 0.14 0.01
2012 0.00 0.01 -0.01 0.03 0.06 0.00
2013 0.01 0.03 -0.01 0.02 0.06 -0.02
2014 -0.02 0.00 -0.03 -0.01 0.01 -0.03
2015 -0.21 -0.07 -0.35 -0.17 -0.02 -0.32
2016 -0.17 -0.03 -0.31 -0.19 -0.02 -0.35
2017 -0.06 0.01 -0.13 -0.08 0.01 -0.18
2018 -0.03 0.01 -0.08 -0.05 0.02 -0.12
2019 0.00 0.00 -0.01 -0.01 0.01 -0.03
2020 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00

Note: This plot shows the average contribution per year of real oil price to core HICP inflation measured in percentage points (y-axis). The thick black blue is the point estimate for the EA while the thin blue lines are the 90% confidence bands. Likewise, the dotted red line and the shaded area are the point estimate and the confidence bands for the US, respectively.

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Last Update: October 19, 2017