"TERMS AND CONDITIONS" "https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/" "NAME" "Business Outlook Survey—data by firm size (four quarter moving averages) - Inflation expectations of medium-sized firms" "DESCRIPTION" "Firm sizes are defined as follows: small firms have 10 to 99 employees, medium-sized firms have 100 to 499 employees, and large firms have 500 or more employees. Because the responses are presented here as four-quarter moving averages, these charts may not show the same movements as the aggregate BOS data published each quarter." "LINK" "https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=217700" "SERIES" "id","label","description" "BOS_INF_BELOW_1_M","Below 1%","Inflation expectations of medium-sized firms, four-quarter moving average - Over the next two years, what do you expect the annual rate of inflation to be, based on the consumer price index?" "BOS_INF_BETWEEN1_2_M","1 to 2%","Inflation expectations of medium-sized firms, four-quarter moving average - Over the next two years, what do you expect the annual rate of inflation to be, based on the consumer price index?" "BOS_INF_BETWEEN2_3_M","2 to 3%","Inflation expectations of medium-sized firms, four-quarter moving average - Over the next two years, what do you expect the annual rate of inflation to be, based on the consumer price index?" "BOS_INF_ABOVE_3_M","Above 3%","Inflation expectations of medium-sized firms, four-quarter moving average - Over the next two years, what do you expect the annual rate of inflation to be, based on the consumer price index?" "BOS_INFNA_M","No response","Inflation expectations of medium-sized firms, four-quarter moving average - Over the next two years, what do you expect the annual rate of inflation to be, based on the consumer price index?" "OBSERVATIONS" "date","BOS_INF_BELOW_1_M","BOS_INF_BETWEEN1_2_M","BOS_INF_BETWEEN2_3_M","BOS_INF_ABOVE_3_M","BOS_INFNA_M" "2004Q1","0.00","41.20","54.51","3.54","0.76" "2004Q2","0.00","38.78","52.01","7.81","1.42" "2004Q3","0.00","40.07","48.19","11.08","0.66" "2004Q4","0.00","34.90","49.20","15.25","0.66" "2005Q1","0.00","28.82","56.35","14.18","0.66" "2005Q2","0.76","27.55","61.27","8.92","1.52" "2005Q3","0.76","21.45","63.06","12.52","2.21" "2005Q4","0.76","19.87","60.78","13.71","4.89" "2006Q1","1.59","15.94","57.92","19.67","4.89" "2006Q2","0.83","13.06","59.85","21.28","4.99" "2006Q3","0.83","13.75","60.55","20.58","4.29" "2006Q4","0.83","14.28","64.38","18.90","1.61" "2007Q1","0.72","17.49","65.09","14.38","2.33" "2007Q2","0.72","18.20","62.93","15.89","2.28" "2007Q3","0.72","20.03","65.77","10.46","3.04" "2007Q4","0.72","22.70","63.49","9.42","3.69" "2008Q1","0.00","23.04","61.41","11.82","3.74" "2008Q2","0.00","22.48","56.40","18.95","2.17" "2008Q3","0.00","20.30","50.70","27.59","1.42" "2008Q4","6.00","20.75","45.54","25.96","1.76" "2009Q1","14.82","24.25","35.58","23.62","1.74" "2009Q2","20.13","33.05","30.97","14.12","1.74" "2009Q3","20.93","41.21","28.93","7.19","1.74" "2009Q4","14.93","49.78","25.66","7.54","2.09" "2010Q1","6.11","50.94","33.41","8.19","1.35" "2010Q2","0.81","48.57","40.84","8.44","1.35" "2010Q3","1.39","49.78","40.88","5.91","2.05" "2010Q4","1.39","44.72","47.96","5.25","0.70" "2011Q1","2.13","39.88","49.76","6.80","1.43" "2011Q2","2.13","37.13","48.97","10.35","1.43" "2011Q3","0.74","34.93","52.48","11.12","0.74" "2011Q4","0.74","31.36","55.85","11.32","0.74" "2012Q1","0.00","31.19","57.62","9.77","1.43" "2012Q2","0.00","33.03","59.59","5.96","1.43" "2012Q3","0.76","34.85","56.20","5.24","2.94" "2012Q4","0.76","38.42","52.83","4.35","3.64" "2013Q1","0.76","48.23","46.45","1.49","3.07" "2013Q2","1.65","55.32","38.31","0.76","3.97" "2013Q3","1.52","59.45","35.96","0.63","2.45" "2013Q4","2.28","68.16","27.19","0.63","1.76" "2014Q1","3.17","67.82","27.49","0.63","0.89" "2014Q2","2.28","69.78","26.60","1.34","0.00" "2014Q3","1.65","69.96","27.67","0.72","0.00" "2014Q4","1.63","67.87","28.32","1.45","0.74" "2015Q1","1.57","66.86","28.56","2.28","0.74" "2015Q2","2.21","65.74","29.75","1.57","0.74" "2015Q3","2.90","65.98","26.04","4.35","0.74" "2015Q4","4.20","64.43","27.09","4.29","0.00" "2016Q1","5.86","63.39","24.17","5.33","1.25" "2016Q2","7.15","64.03","21.61","5.97","1.25" "2016Q3","8.01","66.89","20.66","3.19","1.25" "2016Q4","6.63","65.35","22.98","3.80","1.25" "2017Q1","4.13","70.35","22.98","2.55","0.00" "2017Q2","2.92","72.26","22.21","1.91","0.72" "2017Q3","2.00","67.47","26.64","3.19","0.72" "2017Q4","1.36","63.21","30.61","1.91","2.92" "2018Q1","2.03","55.89","37.20","1.96","2.92" "2018Q2","1.32","43.24","47.99","3.93","3.52" "2018Q3","1.48","38.17","52.56","4.26","3.52" "2018Q4","1.48","35.00","53.25","8.17","2.10" "2019Q1","0.81","40.44","46.66","8.74","3.35" "2019Q2","1.50","49.80","38.51","8.16","2.03" "2019Q3","1.48","53.41","36.55","6.55","2.03" "2019Q4","2.15","60.35","32.26","3.32","1.93" "2020Q1","3.67","55.46","36.62","2.07","2.19" "2020Q2","11.80","45.33","34.86","0.68","7.34" "2020Q3","13.16","38.48","34.64","4.96","8.77" "2020Q4","13.24","40.36","31.75","6.56","8.09" "2021Q1","12.62","35.25","33.64","11.02","7.47" "2021Q2","3.79","31.46","39.25","21.83","3.67" "2021Q3","1.65","27.11","37.56","29.35","4.33" "2021Q4","0.89","10.49","40.27","44.02","4.33" "2022Q1","0.00","4.24","32.77","59.55","3.44" "2022Q2","0.00","2.89","23.49","68.59","5.02" "2022Q3","0.00","1.39","19.11","74.81","4.69" "2022Q4","0.00","0.58","16.14","78.59","4.69" "2023Q1","0.00","1.19","15.41","78.10","5.30" "2023Q2","0.00","1.19","21.92","73.95","2.94" "2023Q3","0.00","1.29","25.38","71.47","1.87" "2023Q4","0.00","2.00","31.81","62.89","3.30"