Perceptions and Expectations of Inflation by U.S. Households
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DOI: 10.17016/FEDS.2018.073
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Keywords
Consumer surveys; Inflation dynamics; Inflation expectations; Inflation perceptions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
- E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MAC-2018-12-10 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-MON-2018-12-10 (Monetary Economics)
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