Food price inflation "is exacerbating the challenge of monetary management in anchoring inflation expectations, " it said.
Malpass and Wesbury have been recommending that the Fed raise interest rates to curb inflation expectations.
Mr King and Monetary Policy Committee colleague Martin Weale said they were watching inflation expectations closely.
U.S. inflation expectations have been on the rise as investors are concerned about continued monetary stimulus.
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This suggests that the Fed has been successful at forcing inflation expectations modestly higher.
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When prices were climbing rapidly, central banks fretted that consumers' inflation expectations would rise in response.
Moreover, once inflation expectations become entrenched, inflation is hard to cure except by strong monetary medicine.
If you look at the data on inflation expectations, there are few signs of alarm.
However, the Committee will continue to pay close attention to the evolution of inflation and inflation expectations.
Most notably about inflation expectations, about what people thought inflation was likely to be in the future.
Kohn said energy prices have lead inflation expectations higher, hurting spending and incomes, according to TradeTheNews.com.
Bulliard said that keeping inflation and inflation expectations under control is "rule No. 1" for a central bank.
Accordingly, in the months ahead we will be closely monitoring inflation expectations and the inflation situation more generally.
At the same token, a potential pick-up of U.S. growth into 2Q13 are set to support inflation expectations.
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"Inflation expectations in the euro area continue to be firmly anchored, " he said.
In the 1970s and 1980s, stock prices fell when inflation expectations went up.
Keeping the totemic refi rate above zero may be seen as necessary to prevent inflation expectations from drifting up.
Bond markets are signalling a worrying rise in inflation expectations in the euro area as well as in America.
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If central bankers allow inflation expectations to become unhinged, they will have a nasty, protracted problem on their hands.
Consumers were more apprehensive about business and employment prospects, but more optimistic about their financial prospects despite rising inflation expectations.
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Because inflation expectations DO drive the gold price, as the research papers which Krugman himself points to make clear.
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They worry that low interest rates and the Fed's large balance-sheet could nurture inflation expectations even when unemployment is high.
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As it is, some money managers may be looking to rotate away from gold due to reduced inflation expectations, he said.
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Meanwhile, inflation is subdued, running at or below our long-run objective of 2 percent, while inflation expectations remain well anchored .
They are determined by two factors: inflation expectations and economic growth, which combine to set the supply and demand for credit.
University of Michigan surveys of consumer confidence have been on an uptrend since September, and consumers' inflation expectations have been retreating.
Underlying the rate worries, bonds -- whose fixed return makes them linked to interest rate and inflation expectations - also weakened.
According to the latest figures from the University of Michigan, consumers' long-term inflation expectations have risen to 3.4%, a 13-year high.
With inflation expectations that exceed the nominal interest paid on saving accounts, money market funds, and Treasuries, real returns are negative.
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The recent large purchases of gold by the Chinese and Russian central banks, along with the investment hype, could trigger inflation expectations.
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