Households’ Inflation Expectations Survey - ربی - Reserve Bank of India
Households’ Inflation Expectations Survey
Today, the Reserve Bank released the results of the March 2021 round of the Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH)1. The survey was conducted through field interviews during February 27 to March 08, 2021 in 18 major cities. The results2 are based on responses from 5,955 urban households3. Highlights:
![]() Note: Please see the excel file for time series data.
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 05, 2021. 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 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). |