Inflation Expectations Survey Of Households And Consumer Confidence Survey : RBI
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently announced the launch of ‘Inflation Expectations Survey of Households’ and ‘Consumer Confidence Survey’.
- Inflation Expectations Survey of Households’ and ‘Consumer Confidence Survey’ are launched by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
- They will provide useful inputs for the bi-monthly monetary policy.
- Inflation Expectations Survey of Households aims at capturing subjective assessments on price movements and inflation, based on their individual consumption baskets.
- This survey spans 19 cities, including Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, and Thiruvananthapuram.
- It seeks qualitative responses from households on price changes (general prices as well as prices of specific product groups) in the three months ahead as well as in the one-year ahead period.
- Additionally, it will collect quantitative data on current, three-month ahead, and one-year ahead inflation rates.