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Heterogeneity in Consumers' Economic Expectations across Euro Area Countries

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  • Dräger, Lena
  • Marencak, Michal
  • Nghiem, Giang
  • Paloviita, Maritta

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This paper examines cross-country differences in consumer expectations about macroeconomic outcomes and mortgage borrowing conditions within a monetary union. Using harmonized microdata from the ECB Consumer Expectations Survey for eleven euro area countries, we document significant national disparities. By sequentially adding a rich set of consumer- and country-specific macro controls to pooled regressions with country fixed effects, we find that these factors account for much, but not all, of the cross-country heterogeneity in expectations. These remaining differences likely reflect unobserved countryspecific factors, highlighting the need for country-tailored monetary policy communication to effectively stabilize consumer expectations.

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  • Dräger, Lena & Marencak, Michal & Nghiem, Giang & Paloviita, Maritta, 2026. "Heterogeneity in Consumers' Economic Expectations across Euro Area Countries," Hannover Economic Papers (HEP) dp-747, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät.
    • Handle: RePEc:han:dpaper:dp-747
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    • D30 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - General
    • D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy

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