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NY Fed: Inflation expectations rise; labor market expectations improve

"The New York Fed’s Center for Microeconomic Data today released the December 2017 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows an increase in short- and medium-term inflation expectations. Expectations about income and spending growth decreased, but expectations about household financial situations and credit availability improved," the Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced on Tuesday. 

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Median inflation expectations at the three-year horizon increased from 2.8% in November to 2.9% in December, while at the one-year horizon they rose from 2.6% to 2.8%. 

The median one-year-ahead expected gasoline price change decreased from 4.3% in November to 4.1% in December.

Median one-year-ahead earnings growth expectations continued to increase, from 2.6% in November to 2.7% in December, a level last reached in November 2014. 

Mean unemployment expectations dipped 0.2 percentage points to 33.5% in December, the lowest level since December 2014.

Median expected household income growth decreased 0.2 percentage points in December, to 2.8%, but remained in line with the trailing 12-month average of 2.7%.

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