Estados Unidos Expectativas de inflación

US consumer inflation expectations for the year ahead remained at 3% for a third consecutive month in January 2025. Price expectations rose across for gas (+0.6 percentage point to 2.6%), food (+0.6 percentage point to 4.6%), medical care (+1 percentage point to 6.8%), college (+0.2 percentage point to 5.9%) and rent (+0.5 percentage point to 6%). Also, median home price growth expectations rose by 0.1 percentage point to 3.2%, driven by respondents in the West region. Meanwhile, inflation expectations for the three-year horizon were also steady at 3% while those for the five-year-ahead rose by 0.3 percentage point to 3%, the highest since May 2024. Elsewhere, unemployment expectations decreased by 0.6 percentage point to 34%, the measure’s lowest reading since July 2021. Also, expected growth in household income increased by 0.2 percentage point to 3% while household spending growth expectations declined by 0.4 percentage point to 4.4%, its lowest since January 2021.