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Updating inflation expectations: Evidence from micro-data

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  • Dräger, Lena
  • Lamla, Michael J.

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Utilizing the Michigan Household Consumer survey’s rotating panel microstructure we can identify if individuals have adjusted their expectations towards inflation. This allows us to directly capture the updating behavior of individual consumers regarding their short- and long-run inflation expectations.

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  • Dräger, Lena & Lamla, Michael J., 2012. "Updating inflation expectations: Evidence from micro-data," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 117(3), pages 807-810.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:117:y:2012:i:3:p:807-810
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.08.033
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    Keywords

    Updating Inflation expectations; Micro-data; Time-varying degree of inattention;
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    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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