Understanding inflation: expectations and reality - speech by Silvana Tenreyro

Given at the Ronald Tress Memorial Lecture, Birkbeck University of London.
Published on 10 July 2019

In this speech, Silvana Tenreyro compares actual inflation with perceptions and expectations of inflation among different groups. Silvana then considers potential reasons for discrepancies between these measures and possible consequences for saving and spending.

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