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10 Jul 2017
NY Fed: Medium-term inflation expectations rebound
"Results from the June 2017 Survey of Consumer Expectations show that inflation expectations fell slightly at the one-year horizon but increased noticeably at the three-year horizon, reversing to a large extent the 0.4 percentage point drop in the prior month," said the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Key quotes:
- Consumers’ outlook of the labor market and financial situation generally improved
- Median inflation expectations decreased slightly at the one-year horizon from 2.6% in May to 2.5% in June and rebounded noticeably from 2.5% in May to 2.8% in June at the three-year ahead horizon
- Median one-year ahead expected earnings growth expectations rebounded from 2.2% in May to 2.5%, remaining between the 2.0-2.5% band observed since late-2015
- The mean perceived probability of losing one’s job in the next 12 months declined slightly from 13.6% in May to 13.5%
- Median expected household income growth was unchanged from the previous month at 2.7%