Expectations of future inflation are informed over time by the policy actions of the authorities and are considered by central banks in their policy decisions.  To this end, in their assessment of expected future inflation central banks in all 23 countries targeting inflation take into consideration surveys sampling opinions of expected inflation; inflation forecasts; the prices of and returns on different classes of traded financial assets; expectations calculated as variables in economic or econometric models; or combinations of these alternatives.  In addition, central banks in a very limited number of inflation targeting countries focus on surveys of the credibility of historic inflation data as a true and accurate reflection of previous price increases in their economies.  The data collected for comparison and analysis in this paper was obtained in the main through a review of monetary policy reports of the central banks of these 23 countries.  The review shows that survey procedures and sampling scope differ considerably between these countries, implying that sampling results can hardly be compared.  In its main finding the paper focuses on the reporting of survey data obtained from a broad cross-section of the population.  It is shown that household surveys are not, as such survey results cannot be presented as the views or opinions of households.