Economists have long emphasized the importance of expectations in determining macroeconomic outcomes Yet there has been … almost no recent effort to model actual empirical expectations data; instead macroeconomists usually simply assume … expectations are rational This paper shows that while empirical household expectations are not rational in the usual sense …

Since the foundational work of Keynes (1936) macroeconomists have emphasized the importance of agents' expectations in … empirical expectations data instead assuming all agents' expectations are rational This paper takes up the challenge of modeling … empirical household expectations data and shows that a simple standard model from epidemiology does a remarkably good job of …

Separately, news and sunspot shocks have been shown empirically to be determinants of changes in expectations. This … expectations solutions is derived analytically. The analytical characterization allows an explicit comparison of news about future …

Separately, news and sunspot shocks have been shown empirically to be determinants of changes in expectations. This … expectations solutions is derived analytically. The analytical characterization allows an explicit comparison of news about future …

This article investigates the potential impact of a shift in market expectations about a country's eurozone entry date …

expectations. We provide ample anecdotal, historical, and heuristic information on the goodness-of-fit of the various exchange rate …

requirement that the underlying rational expectations equilibrium is locally indeterminate. We suggest ways in which policymakers …

Monetary policy increasingly relies on steering market expectations about future policy. This paper identifies a … improves sentiment and business cycle expectations in the euro area, which is consistent with the notion of the Fed revealing …