Changing Natural Rate of Unemployment : Policy Issues.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business cycles.

Economic indicators.

Inflation (Finance).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (19 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Describes the concept of a natural rate of unemployment and examines its relationship to monetary policy and inflation. Analyzes whether the natural rate changes over time; potential causes of a falling natural rate in the 1990s; role of the natural rate in jobless recovery; alternative theories regarding the effect of monetary policy on unemployment; methods for estimating the natural rate; and whether the natural rate concept is useful in policymaking.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Changing Natural Rate of Unemployment

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