Inflation fears on the rise as one-year outlook in Fed survey hits highest level since May 2023
The survey also showed household spending growth expectations rising to 5.5%, the highest since May 2023, as Fed officials weigh policy.
- Inflation fears intensified in September as the New York Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Expectations showed median inflation expectations for the next 12 months rose to 3.9%, the highest level since May 2023 and up 0.3 percentage point from August.
- Gas prices exceeded $4.70 per gallon at an Exxon station in Alexandria, Virginia on October 2, while Treasury yields have soared in recent weeks to levels unseen since the early part of the century.
- The survey found household spending growth is expected to hit 5.5%, also up 0.3 percentage point and the highest since May 2023, with bond market breakevens for the five-year outlook at 2.35% and Fed funds futures implying a 5.58% rate in five years.
- Markets largely expect the Federal Open Market Committee to keep benchmark rates steady between 3.75% and 4% when it meets later in October, as New York Fed President John Williams said policymakers can afford to take their time evaluating rate decisions.
- Longer-Term inflation expectations remain better-anchored, with three-year expectations at 3.3% and five-year views unchanged at 3%, as Fed officials consider consumer expectations a key driver of actual inflation dynamics.
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