EPISODE · Sep 28, 2021 · 1 MIN
Inflation expectations
from Die ekonomie minuut · host Waldo Krugell
Economists think that people's expectations about inflation are an important determinant of the actual level of inflation. If you think prices are going to increase, you ask for a bigger salary increase, then labour costs go up, and then prices go up too. An important part of monetary policy is to anchor our inflation expectations. But maybe there are doubts about all this...
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Economists think that people's expectations about inflation are an important determinant of the actual level of inflation. If you think prices are going to increase, you ask for a bigger salary increase, then labour costs go up, and then prices go up too. An important part of monetary policy is to anchor our inflation expectations. But maybe there are doubts about all this...
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