Inflation in EU member countries in the context of the crisis period 2008 – 201

This bachelor thesis focuses on inflation in EU member countries during the crisis period of 2008 - 2013. The aim is to analyze inflation trends in the EU in the context of current economic crisis and monetary regimes. The first theoretical chapter summarizes theoretical basis, types, causes and consequences of inflation, methods of measurement and principles of the inflation targeting regime. The second chapter examines development of inflation during this period based on Eurostat's data about consumer prices measured by harmonized indices of consumer prices. This paper does not analyze each of twenty seven member countries. Rather, according to monetary policy regimes are countries divided into groups, from which individual countries are selected for detailed analyses. The third and final chapter analyzes the context, causes and consequences of inflation trends in the European Union. Inflation trends are analyzed on the basis of data presented in the second chapter in the context of monetary policy regimes, and specific decisions of central banks in response to economic and financial crisis, expressed by macroeconomic indicators. Methods of description, analysis and comparison are used. Due to the topicality of the issues analysed, the bibliography cites mainly electronic sources such as statistical databases and information provided by central banks. Printed resources are also cited, in order to support arguments and theoretical basis.