The demographics of inflation opinion surveys

In this Commentary, we document that people report very different perceptions and predictions of inflation depending upon their income, education, age, race, and gender - a strange finding that may provide an important clue to understanding how to interpret survey data of inflation expectations.

• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Economic Commentary

• Publication date

  2001-10-15

• Fields of study

  Economics

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.26509/frbc-ec-20011015
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  Semantic Scholar

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