American's expectations for future inflation plunged in July, according to a new survey by the New York Fed. For anyone who doesn't want current prices to be the new normal, that's great news.
showed steep drops in how high respondents expected inflation to be across a variety of time horizons.The higher people expect inflation to be, the more likely it is to materialize as businesses feel more comfortable raising prices and workers demand steeper wages.
In that sense, falling inflation expectations are a welcome sign that the high inflation of the last year is not causing a long-lasting shift in Americans' psychology around money.Inflation expectations in this survey remain far above the levels that prevailed in the years before the pandemic, and above the 2% inflation rate the Fed is targeting.Survey respondents expected inflation of 6.2% over the next year, down from 6.8% in June.
Expectations over the next three years fell to 3.2% from 3.6%, and five-year expectations to 2.3% from 2.8% The drop was most pronounced among survey respondents making less than $50,000, perhaps reflecting that those most pinched by soaring gas prices saw some relief last month.Fed chair Jerome Powell mentioned the New York Fed's results as a reason to pivot toward more aggressive rate increases at the June policy meeting. So the numbers receding some will likely give comfort to the central bank.the survey also showed that Americans' expectations for their own wages remain stable.
Americans remained generally optimistic about the labor market, despite the bumpy economic environment: The average perceived probability of losing one's job over the next year edged down to 11.8%.The signs are pointing toward Americans viewing high inflation as a temporary aberration, not simply the way things will always be.
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