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University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers — inflation expectations

Preliminary and final median 1yr/5yr inflation expectations

Feed detail
Measures
Preliminary and final median 1yr/5yr inflation expectations
Source
sca.isr.umich.edu published tables (free historical CSV, current month partially gated)
Access
csv
Cadence
monthlyupdates roughly monthly
Thesis
Released twice monthly (prelim + final), it's a widely watched Fed input; the prelim-vs-final revision itself is a tradeable surprise around CPI/FOMC weeks
Maps to
Rate expectations, TIPS breakevens
Crowdedness
commodity
Tier
tA
Ban-risk
ban:none
Where this stands

This is a catalogued data feed with a research idea attached, not a validated edge. Being listed here means it has a specific source and a one-sentence causal mechanism mapped to what it should move — it doesn’t mean it has cleared the five-stage validation gate (point-in-time hygiene, out-of-sample holdout, multiple-testing correction, and the portfolio-layer backstop). As of today, every score on this site is prior-only; zero signals in the catalog have been promoted to “measured” status. See the methodology page for the full validation process and current counts.

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