by John Carney
Breitbart.com
The public expects prices to surge higher in the coming year but believes inflation will remain under control in the longer term, data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York indicated Monday.
The public expects inflation to lift prices 4.8 percent higher a year from, up from a forecast of 4 percent in May, the New York Fed said in its latest Survey of Consumer Expectations. That is the highest reading recorded in data going back to 2013.
The bank said expected inflation three years from now held steady at 3.6 percent.
The increase in the one-year forecast was driven mostly by people with have some college education, the bank said.