Survey of Professional Forecasters
The ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF) collects information on the expected rates of inflation, real GDP growth and unemployment in the euro area at several horizons, ranging from the current year to the longer term. Expectations are reported not only as point forecasts, but also as probability distributions, providing a quantitative assessment of risk and uncertainty.
The Survey of Professional Forecasters began in 1999. The aggregate results and microdata are published four times a year. The next release will be published on 27 October 2023 (provisional).
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Headline inflation expectations broadly unchanged compared to the previous survey round, although this concealed downward revisions to HICP energy and food and upward revisions to expectations for HICP inflation excluding energy and food.
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