#2148. What drives household inflation expectations in South Africa? Demographics and anchoring under inflation targeting

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Abstract:
This paper investigates how households view the inflation outlook of the central bank depending on their democraphic characteristics, such as age, sex, race, edcuation, and more. The paper presents an overview of surveys examining household inflation expectations over the 20XX–20XX period. The work also examines the direction of change in inflation and whether respondents are aware of this change.
Keywords:
Inflation targeting, demographics, behavioural bias, cross-sectional analysis

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