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Persistently weak inflation challenged estimates that the euro area periphery was close to full employment in 2019. Jonathan Fortun, Robin Brooks and Sergi Lanau explained a Phillips curve method that lowers the estimated unemployment rate consistent with stable inflation when observed inflation is subdued. Their calculations implied substantially more unused labor capacity than the consensus, while remaining consistent with US Congressional Budget Office estimates for the United States.
Abstract
Persistently weak inflation challenged estimates that the euro area periphery was close to full employment in 2019. Jonathan Fortun, Robin Brooks and Sergi Lanau explained a Phillips curve method that lowers the estimated unemployment rate consistent with stable inflation when observed inflation is subdued. Their calculations implied substantially more unused labor capacity than the consensus, while remaining consistent with US Congressional Budget Office estimates for the United States.
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Jonathan Fortun, Robin Brooks, Sergi Lanau (2019). GMV: The Engine Room of our Inflation-Consistent NAIRUs. Institute of International Finance.