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Inflation expectations
What people think inflation will be, which feeds straight into the wages they ask for and the prices they set. Higher expected inflation shifts both the short-run Phillips curve and short-run aggregate supply, which is why central banks work so hard to keep expectations anchored.
Also called: expected inflation, anchored expectations, adaptive expectations, rational expectations
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