Business Inflation Expectations
Special Questions Series
2021
Nov 10, 2021
November 2021: Firms and Their Profit Margins
What we asked:
If a firm indicated that its profit margins are higher than "normal," it was then asked:
If a firm indicated that its profit margins are not higher than "normal," it was then asked:
How they answered:
Oct 13, 2021
October 2021: Firms and inflation forecasts
What we asked:
How they answered:
Sep 15, 2021
September 2021: Firms' Responses to Supply Chain Disruptions
What we asked:
How they answered:
Aug 11, 2021
August 2021: Firms and their Business Disruptions
What we asked:
How they answered:
Jul 14, 2021
July 2021: Firms' Experienced and Expected Price Changes
What we asked:
If the respondent selected "Increase":
If the respondent selected "Decrease":
If the respondent selected "Increase":
If the respondent selected "Decrease":
How they answered:
Jun 16, 2021
June 2021: Disruptions to Business Operations and Supply Chains
What we asked:
How they answered:
May 12, 2021
May 2021: Firms and the Minimum Wage
What we asked:
How they answered:
Apr 14, 2021
April 2021: Firms' Experienced and Expected Price Changes
What we asked:
How they answered:
Mar 10, 2021
March 2021: Disruptions to Business Operations and Supply Chains
What we asked:
How they answered:
Feb 10, 2021
February 2021: Firms' Pricing Ability and COVID-19
What we asked:
If respondents did not choose "No change" or "Unsure / Not applicable" then they saw the following question.
How they answered:
Jan 13, 2021
January 2021: Firms' Pricing Strategies and COVID-19
What we asked:
Responses to this open-text question will be used to inform an ongoing study of pricing practices and strategies. Because they do not lend themselves to simple summarization, an analysis of these responses will not be published at this time.