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Inflation Alert! 3yr inflation expectations rose to 2.9 percent from 2.8 percent in August

Inflation Alert! 3yr inflation expectations rose to 2.9 percent from 2.8 percent in August, while median five-year-ahead inflation expectations, which have been included in the monthly SCE core survey on an ad-hoc basis since the beginning of this year, increased to 2.2 percent from 2.0 percent.

Source: https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/

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