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Are Long-Run Inflation Expectations Anchored More Firmly in the Euro Area than in the United States?

Are Long-Run Inflation Expectations Anchored More Firmly in the Euro Area than in the United States? Abstract This paper compares the evolution of long-run inflation expectations in the euro area and the United States, using evidence from financial markets and surveys of professional forecasters. Survey data indicate that long-run inflation expectations are reasonably well anchored in both economies but reveal substantially greater dispersion across forecasters' long-horizon projections of US inflation. Analysis of daily data on inflation swaps and nominal-indexed bond spreads, which gauge compensation for expected inflation and inflation risk, also suggests that long-run inflation expectations are more firmly anchored in the euro area than in the United States. (JEL D84, E31, E37, E52, E58 ) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics American Economic Association

Are Long-Run Inflation Expectations Anchored More Firmly in the Euro Area than in the United States?

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Publisher
American Economic Association
Copyright
Copyright © 2011 by the American Economic Association
Subject
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ISSN
1945-7715
eISSN
1945-7715
DOI
10.1257/mac.3.2.104
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Abstract

Abstract This paper compares the evolution of long-run inflation expectations in the euro area and the United States, using evidence from financial markets and surveys of professional forecasters. Survey data indicate that long-run inflation expectations are reasonably well anchored in both economies but reveal substantially greater dispersion across forecasters' long-horizon projections of US inflation. Analysis of daily data on inflation swaps and nominal-indexed bond spreads, which gauge compensation for expected inflation and inflation risk, also suggests that long-run inflation expectations are more firmly anchored in the euro area than in the United States. (JEL D84, E31, E37, E52, E58 )

Journal

American Economic Journal: MacroeconomicsAmerican Economic Association

Published: Apr 1, 2011

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