00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.848067 CaOODSP 20250821075104 cr ||||||||||| 171129s2017 oncd #ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- FB3-7/2017-20E-PDF Digitalization and inflation [electronic resource] : a review of the literature / Karyne Charbonneau ... [et al.]. Ottawa : Bank of Canada, c2017. iii, 14 p. : graphs Staff analytical note = Note analytique du personnel, 2369-9639 ; 2017-20 Title from cover. Includes bibliographical references. "In the past few years, many have postulated that the possible disinflationary effects of digitalization could explain the subdued inflation in advanced economies. In this note, we review the evidence found in the literature. We look at three main channels. First, we find that changes in the prices of information and communication technology-related goods and services included in the CPI have had a negligible effect on inflation in Canada. Second, we find that, due to the small share of e-commerce in Canada and the remarkably similar behaviour of online and offline prices, the “Amazon effect” has only had a small disinflationary impact to date. As e-commerce grows, however, downward pressure on inflation may amplify in the future through increased competition, but digitalization may also increase market concentration. Finally, although cost-efficient technologies should lead to increased productivity, which would put downward pressure on inflation, this effect has yet to appear in the statistics. Overall, we find it unlikely that digitalization has so far had a significant effect on inflation in Canada."--Abstract, p. ii. Text in English, abstract in English and French. gccst Electronic commerce gccst Inflation gccst Economic indicators Charbonneau, Karyne. Bank of Canada. Staff analytical note (Bank of Canada) 2369-9639 ; 2017-20. (CaOODSP)9.807323 PDF 493 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/banque-bank-canada/FB3-7-2017-20-eng.pdf