Explaining the Recent Behavior of Inflation and Unemployment in the United States
17 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Date Written: September 1998
Abstract
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 have fallen slightly, it has not fallen by an amount sufficient to explain the recent behavior of inflation. A leading explanation for recent inflation performance appears to be favorable price shocks; in particular, the cost of imports has fallen sharply as the dollar has appreciated.
Keywords: Inflation, Phillips Curve
JEL Classification: E31, E37
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
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