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Accelerating inflation expectations of households in the euro area: sources and macroeconomic spending consequences

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  • Ad Stokman

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In 2021 and 2022, inflation expectations of households in the euro area rose dramatically. Based on a time-series investigation from 1995 to 2022, I find that inflation expectations are driven by current price developments of three consumption product categories and house prices (which are not included in the consumer price index). About half of the recent rise was fuelled by energy prices, 20% by food prices, over 10% by transportation costs and almost 20% by house prices. On a macro-level, controlling for a standard set of spending determinants, a regression analysis suggests that accelerating inflation expectations in general will slow down growth of area wide real private consumption, but under circumstances of low nominal interest rates helped to cushion the negative shock of the covid pandemic and the energy crisis.

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  • Ad Stokman, 2024. "Accelerating inflation expectations of households in the euro area: sources and macroeconomic spending consequences," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(18), pages 1925-1930, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:31:y:2024:i:18:p:1925-1930
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2023.2208827
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