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== Definition ==
 
== Definition ==
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'''Inflation Expectations''' are at any given point in time the explicit or implicit [[Expected]] realisations of [[Inflation]] for any set of agents participating in an economy  with a given monetary system.
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== Measurement ==
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* From asset prices (market derived)
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* From surveys
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== Fisher Identity ==
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The Fisher Identity links current or implied forward inflation rates as a measure of inflation to nominal and real interest rates. It forms the conceptual basis for extracting inflation expectations from asset prices (using comparable fixed-income instruments that are promising nominal and indexed cash flows respectively).
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(1 + Nominal Rate) = (1 + Real Rate) (1 + Inflation Expectation)
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== Issues and Challenges ==
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* Extracting inflation expectations from asset prices may be skewed by other market related factors and risk premia that may be hard to isolate
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* Inflation Expectations are not obviously linked with [[Inflation]] realizations.<ref>Rudd, Jeremy B. (2021). “Why Do We Think That Inflation Expectations Mat-
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ter for Inflation?  (And Should We?),” Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2021-062.  Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System</ref>
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== References ==
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[[Category:Inflation Risk]]
 
[[Category:Inflation Risk]]

Latest revision as of 12:51, 7 December 2021

Definition

Inflation Expectations are at any given point in time the explicit or implicit Expected realisations of Inflation for any set of agents participating in an economy with a given monetary system.

Measurement

  • From asset prices (market derived)
  • From surveys

Fisher Identity

The Fisher Identity links current or implied forward inflation rates as a measure of inflation to nominal and real interest rates. It forms the conceptual basis for extracting inflation expectations from asset prices (using comparable fixed-income instruments that are promising nominal and indexed cash flows respectively).


(1 + Nominal Rate) = (1 + Real Rate) (1 + Inflation Expectation)


Issues and Challenges

  • Extracting inflation expectations from asset prices may be skewed by other market related factors and risk premia that may be hard to isolate
  • Inflation Expectations are not obviously linked with Inflation realizations.[1]


References

  1. Rudd, Jeremy B. (2021). “Why Do We Think That Inflation Expectations Mat- ter for Inflation? (And Should We?),” Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2021-062. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System