Documentation Paper: Representative Survey on Attitudes and Knowledge About Inflation and Monetary Policy in Germany Conducted in December 2022

Bernd Hayo

MAGKS Papers on Economics from Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung)

Abstract: This paper provides background information on, and basic descriptive statistics for, a representative survey of the German population conducted on my behalf by GfK in December 2022. It replicates a survey done in December 2021. The main difference affecting answers lies in the different time of inflation environment, i.e. low in 2021 and high in 2022. The survey covers various topics having to do with inflation and monetary policy, including: 1) inflation perceptions and expectations, 2) interest in and subjective, as well as objective, knowledge about monetary policy, 3) attitude to and knowledge about the ECB’s monetary policy reform in 2021, 4) trust in the ECB and perception of its independence, 5) importance of climate-change-related measures, and 6) an experiment evaluating whether information about the ECB’s monetary policy reform in 2021 reduces people’s trust in the ECB and their perception of its independence. A broad range of socio-demographic and economic indicators are collected too.

Keywords: Public opinion survey; Attitudes; Inflation perception; Inflation expectation; Monetary policy; ECB’s monetary policy reform in 2021; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D90 E31 E58 E71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 53 pages
Date: 2023
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