Medium- vs. short-term consumer inflation expectations: Evidence from a new euro area survey

Ewa Stanisławska and Maritta Paloviita

No 10/2021, Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers from Bank of Finland

Abstract: Using the ECB Consumer Expectations Survey, this paper investigates how consumers revise medium-term inflation expectations. We provide robust evidence of their adjustment to the current economic developments. In particular, consumers adjust medium-term inflation views in response to changes in short-term inflation expectations and, to a lesser degree, to changes in perceptions of current inflation. We find that the strong adverse Covid-19 pandemic shock contributed to an increase in consumer inflation expectations. We show that consumers who declare high trust in the ECB adjust their medium-term inflation expectations to a lesser degree than consumers with low trust. Our results increase understanding of expectations formation, which is an important issue for medium-term oriented monetary policy.

Keywords: Inflation expectations; consumer survey; micro-data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D12 D84 E31 E58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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