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\nUne unfortunate aspect of life in theUnited States today is that guesses aboutinflation really matter.We have to con-sider expected changes in the cost ofliving when negotiating our wages.Sim-ilarly,we need to think about future in-flation when computing both the returnsto investing and the cost of borrowing.Explicitly or implicitly,inflation expecta-tions have become an integral part of allour economic decisions.  \nErrors in estimating inflation can becostly—so costly,in fact,that manyanalysts think such miscalculations maybe a major source of disturbance in theeconomy.For instance,an unexpecteddecline in the rate of inflation can tem-porarily increase the jobless rate:Iflabor contracts call for wage hikesbased on a particular inflation rate,butactual inflation turns out to be lower,layoffs,strikes,or costly contract re-negotiations may ensue.In fact,infla-tion expectations may be the bridgethat links changes in the price level tobusiness activity.If so,policymakersneed to know how people predict fu-ture inflation in order to evaluate howshifts in the inflation trend will impactthe economy.  \nIn this Economic Commentary,we dis-cuss a number of ways to estimate ex-pected inflation,concentrating on theadvantages of using“gilts,”British gov-ernment bonds indexed for price-levelchanges.We argue that this market-based measure implies a different—and we believe more accurate—  \n# Gilt by Association:Uncovering Expected Inflation\n\npattem of expected inflation than eitherstatistical techniques or surveys.Expecta-tions adjusted faster and real interest rateswere higher than commonly supposed.Consequently,the effects of many deci-sions,including fiscal and monetary pol-icy,may need to be reevaluated.  \n## ■ Estimating Expected Inflation\n\nThere are severalmethods of measur-ing the expected inflation rate,but eachhas limitations.Perhaps the most popu-lar measures are based on survey data.One of the most frequently cited ofthese is the Livingston survey of profes-sional economists.Two other promi-nent surveys,conducted by the Univer-sity of Michigan and The ConferenceBoard,track the inflation expectationsof households and business executives,respectively.  \nThough widely used,survey data canbe biased.The trader with a hot tipmay not want to share it,and the busyexecutive with a company to run maybe too pressed for time to reply.More-over,surveys rarely weight an individ-ual's stake in predicting inflation accu-rately.The homeowner looking torefinance a mortgage is given the sameweight as a civil servant with an in-dexed salary.  \nEconometric models designed to approx-imate inflationary expectations also haveflaws,principally their failure to capturethe richness of the expectations process.The myriad of prices that people face intheir day-to-day lives,coupled with the  \nJune 1,1992  \nEconomists traditionally use surveysand econometric models to measure in-flation expectations,but surveys can bebiased,and statistical techniques mayfail to capture the complexity of indi-vidual decisions.In this EconomicCommentary,the authors suggest amarket-based alternative that tracksinflation expectations in the UnitedStates by comparing U.S.Treasurybonds with British \"gilts,\"marketablesecurities linked to a broad index ofretail prices.  \ncomplex and idiosyncratic way in whichthey form judgments about future infla-tion,raises considerable doubt about theability of these models to mimic actualexpectations.  \nBecause we cannot observe expectedinflation directly,it is difficult to testbetween these altemative measures:Are they bad guesses of people's expec-tations,or are people's expectationsbad guesses of inflation?  \nFinancial markets provide a third and,we argue,more reliable way to deter-mine people's beliefs about future infla-tion.Market participants have a stakein predicting inflation accurately.Theyput their money where their mouth is inthe sense that a correct call can meanthe difference between driving a 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