The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its latest ‘Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) - May 2024’ has showed that Households’ inflation expectations for the three months and one year ahead periods increased by 20 basis points (bps) and 10 bps, respectively, but remained in single digits, while their perception on current inflation moderated by 10 bps and stood at 8.0 per cent in the latest survey round.
As per the survey report, higher share of respondents expected prices and inflation to rise for all major product groups over the next three months as well as one-year periods, while at the aggregate level, female respondents had marginally lower inflation assessment and expectations than their male counterparts.
The report further noted that among occupation categories, self-employed respondents group expected highest inflation, while for one year horizon, households’ expectations on general prices remained closely aligned with their assessment related to food prices and housing.
Meanwhile, the RBI released the results of May 2024 round of its bi-monthly inflation expectations survey of households on Jun 07, 2024. The survey was conducted during May 2-11, 2024 in 19 major cities, with responses from 5,943 urban households. Female respondents accounted for 52.6 per cent of this sample.
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