Fomcprojtabl 20110622
Fomcprojtabl 20110622
Fomcprojtabl 20110622
Economic Projections of Federal Reserve Board Members and Federal Reserve Bank Presidents, June 2011
Advance release of table 1 of the Summary of Economic Projections to be released with the FOMC minutes Percent Variable Change in real GDP. . . . . . April projection. . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . April projection. . . . . . PCE inflation. . . . . . . . . . . April projection. . . . . . Core PCE inflation3. . . . . . April projection. . . . . . Central tendency1 2011 2.7 to 2.9 3.1 to 3.3 8.6 to 8.9 8.4 to 8.7 2.3 to 2.5 2.1 to 2.8 1.5 to 1.8 1.3 to 1.6 2012 3.3 to 3.7 3.5 to 4.2 7.8 to 8.2 7.6 to 7.9 1.5 to 2.0 1.2 to 2.0 1.4 to 2.0 1.3 to 1.8 2013 3.5 to 4.2 3.5 to 4.3 7.0 to 7.5 6.8 to 7.2 1.5 to 2.0 1.4 to 2.0 1.4 to 2.0 1.4 to 2.0 Longer run 2.5 to 2.8 2.5 to 2.8 5.2 to 5.6 5.2 to 5.6 1.7 to 2.0 1.7 to 2.0 2011 2.5 to 3.0 2.9 to 3.7 8.4 to 9.1 8.1 to 8.9 2.1 to 3.5 2.0 to 3.6 1.5 to 2.3 1.1 to 2.0 2012 2.2 to 4.0 2.9 to 4.4 7.5 to 8.7 7.1 to 8.4 1.2 to 2.8 1.0 to 2.8 1.2 to 2.5 1.1 to 2.0 Range2 2013 3.0 to 4.5 3.0 to 5.0 6.5 to 8.3 6.0 to 8.4 1.3 to 2.5 1.2 to 2.5 1.3 to 2.5 1.2 to 2.0 Longer run 2.4 to 3.0 2.4 to 3.0 5.0 to 6.0 5.0 to 6.0 1.5 to 2.0 1.5 to 2.0
NOTE: Projections of change in real gross domestic product (GDP) and projections for both measures of inflation are from the fourth quarter of the previous year to the fourth quarter of the year indicated. PCE inflation and core PCE inflation are the percentage rates of change in, respectively, the price index for personal consumption expenditures (PCE) and the price index for PCE excluding food and energy. Projections for the unemployment rate are for the average civilian unemployment rate in the fourth quarter of the year indicated. Each participants projections are based on his or her assessment of appropriate monetary policy. Longer-run projections represent each participants assessment of the rate to which each variable would be expected to converge under appropriate monetary policy and in the absence of further shocks to the economy. The April projections were made in conjunction with the meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on April 26-27, 2011. 1. The central tendency excludes the three highest and three lowest projections for each variable in each year. 2. The range for a variable in a given year consists of all participants projections, from lowest to highest, for that variable in that year. 3. Longer-run projections for core PCE inflation are not collected.
Central tendencies and ranges of economic projections, 201113 and over the longer run
Percent
5 4 3 2 1 + 0 _ 1 2
Actual
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Longer run
Percent
Unemployment rate
10 9 8 7 6 5
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Longer run
Percent
PCE inflation
5 4 3 2 1 + 0 _
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Longer run
NOTE: Definitions of variables are in the notes to the projections table. The data for the variables are annual.