Explaining the Recent Behavior of Inflation and Unemployment in the United States /

Low rates of inflation have been recorded in recent years, despite a decline in the unemployment rate. This phenomenon could be the result of a series of transitory shocks or of a permanent change in the structure of the economy leading to a lower NAIRU. The paper suggests that, while the NAIRU may...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hogan, Vincent
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/145
Online Access:Full text available on IMF