Sentences with phrase «future inflation gauge»

The FIG index attempts to forecast changes in the cyclical direction of inflation by tracking such things as materials prices, import prices, and delivery times (ECRI's Weekly Leading Index and Future Inflation Gauge are available on its website at www.businesscycle.com).

Another of ECRI's indexes - the Future Inflation Gauge - has been in an upswing since December.

Not exact matches

The challenge for monetary policy makers is to look at this complex and changing picture of price changes and try to gauge the forces that are operating on underlying inflation and so judge the likely future path of overall inflation.

And if you look at a common gauge of future inflation expectations — the difference between the yield on long - term Treasury bonds and that of Treasury Inflation - Protected Securities, now about 1.8 to two percentage points — investors apparently believe inflation will continue to mosey along at a relatively sluggish rate well into thinflation expectations — the difference between the yield on long - term Treasury bonds and that of Treasury Inflation - Protected Securities, now about 1.8 to two percentage points — investors apparently believe inflation will continue to mosey along at a relatively sluggish rate well into thInflation - Protected Securities, now about 1.8 to two percentage points — investors apparently believe inflation will continue to mosey along at a relatively sluggish rate well into thinflation will continue to mosey along at a relatively sluggish rate well into the future.

The survey, the Survey of Consumer Expectations (SOE) for November 2016, gauged expectations regarding inflation and prices, including in housing, in the future.