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Communication and the Beliefs of Economic Agents

Bernardo CandiaOlivier CoibionYuriy Gorodnichenko

出版	SSRN, 2022
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=jYTbzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋New surveys provide a wealth of information on how economic agents form their expectations and how those expectations shape their decisions. We review recent evidence on how changes in macroeconomic expectations, particularly inflation expectations, affect households' and firms' actions. We show that the provision of information about inflation to households and firms can sometimes backfire in terms of their subsequent decisions. Whether or not this is the case hinges on how individuals interpret the news about inflation: supply-side interpretations (“inflation is bad for the economy”) lead to negative income effects, which can depress economic activity. We show that households in advanced economies, unlike professional forecasters, typically have such a supply-side interpretation, as do many firms. New communication strategies could avoid public misinterpretation of policy decisions.