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Preferences, Monetary Policy and Household Inflation

Staff Working Paper 2024-45 Geoffrey R. Dunbar
I quantify the importance of changes in household preferences on household inflation rates using 11 years of scanner data for 11,000 US households. My results suggest that changes in household preferences are an important driver of inflation dynamics at the household level.
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Inflation and prices, Monetary policy transmission JEL Code(s): D, D1, D12, E, E5, E52, E58

How Do Households Respond to Expected Inflation? An Investigation of Transmission Mechanisms

Staff Working Paper 2024-44 Janet Hua Jiang, Rupal Kamdar, Kelin Lu, Daniela Puzzello
We conduct surveys to study how consumer spending responds to higher inflation expectations. Most respondents spend the same, sticking to fixed budget plans or not considering inflation for spending decisions. About 20% decrease spending because they feel poorer and cut spending to invest in inflation-proof assets. Very few increase spending.
November 7, 2024

Bank of Canada webcasts The John Kuszczak Memorial Lecture

On Thursday, November 7, 2024, the Bank of Canada will host its annual economic conference. This year’s theme is “Frontiers of Monetary Policy Design”.  Academics, policy-makers, private sector economists and representatives from policy think tanks will be among those in attendance.
Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
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