Our Long Term Outlook On Inflation Improves
When asked to predict what the annual inflation rate will be three years from now, those surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York each month have grown a bit more optimistic. As the chart below shows, the median expected inflation rate three years from now dropped sharply to 3.5% in the latest poll—less than half what it actually is today, although still above the 2%-3% inflation rate people expected back before the pandemic....