Canadian Data Supporting the Phillips Curve Relationship
Data from Canada empirically supports the predictions of the Phillips curve framework. The observed pattern shows that when the unemployment rate is above the structural rate (NAIRU), inflation tends to fall, and conversely, when unemployment is below the structural rate, inflation tends to rise.
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