Households’ Inflation Expectations Survey - RBI - Reserve Bank of India
Households’ Inflation Expectations Survey
Today, the Reserve Bank released the results of the March 2022 round of the Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH)1 2. The survey was conducted during March 2 to 11, 2022 in 19 major cities3. The results are based on responses from 6,033 urban households. Highlights:
![]() Note: Please see the excel file for time series data4.
1 The survey results reflect the respondents’ views, which are not necessarily shared by the Reserve Bank. Results of the previous survey round were released on the Bank’s website on February 10, 2022. 2 The survey is conducted at bi-monthly intervals by the Reserve Bank of India. It provides directional information on near-term inflationary pressures as expected by the respondents and may reflect their own consumption patterns. Hence, they should be treated as households’ sentiments on inflation. 3 These results include Jammu as the new survey centre, which constitutes 1.6 per cent of respondents in the latest survey round. The results for all the 19 cities, including Jammu, from the March 2021 through March 2022 rounds are released in the attached excel file and the same is also updated in the respective tables as applicable. 4 Unit-level data for previous rounds of the survey are available on the Database on Indian Economy (DBIE) portal of the Bank (weblink: https://dbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=unitLevelData). |