inflation_expectations

Survey of forward inflation expectations from the Survey of Professional Forecasters.

Examples

from openbb import obb
obb.federal_reserve.inflation_expectations(provider='federal_reserve')

Parameters

• standard
• federal_reserve

start_date: date | None | str
Start date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format. Data begins from 1970-04-01 and is quarterly.

end_date: date | None | str
End date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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Returns

results: FederalReserveInflationExpectations

Serializable results.

provider: str | None

Provider name.

warnings: Optional[list[Warning_]]

List of warnings.

chart: Optional[Chart]

Chart object.

extra: dict[str, Any]

Extra info.

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Data

• standard
• federal_reserve

date: date | str
The date of the survey (first day of the survey quarter).

infpgdp1yr: float | None
One-year-ahead annual-average GDP price index inflation forecast. Computed from median forecasts of GDP price index levels (PGDP2 and PGDP6). Formula: ((PGDP6/PGDP2) - 1) * 100. Available from 1970:Q2.

infcpi1yr: float | None
One-year-ahead annual-average CPI inflation forecast. Computed as the geometric average of quarter-over-quarter median CPI forecasts (CPI3 to CPI6). Available from 1981:Q3.

infcpi10yr: float | None
Ten-year-ahead annual-average CPI inflation forecast. Expected average annual rate of CPI inflation over the next 10 years. Available from 1991:Q4.