Thursday, May 8, 2025

US Consumer Inflation Expectations

US consumer inflation expectations for the year ahead were unchanged at 3.6% in April 2025, the same as in March, holding at 2023-highs. 

Year-ahead commodity price expectations increased for gas (+0.3 percentage point to 3.5%), medical care (+0.8 percentage point to 8.7%), college (+2.4 percentage points to 9.1%), rent (+1.8 percentage points to 9%) and home prices (0.3 percentage point to 3.3%). 

In contrast, year-ahead expected price of food decreased by 0.1 percentage point to 5.1%. Meanwhile, inflation expectations for the three-year horizon rose to 3.2%, the highest reading since July 2022 while inflation expectations for the five-year ahead horizon decreased by 0.2 percentage point to 2.7%. 

source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Copper Update

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