Interpreting a Shift in Economic Data
Imagine you are an economist in the early 1970s reviewing economic data from several developed countries over the previous decade. You observe that in the early 1960s, there appeared to be a consistent and predictable inverse relationship between the unemployment rate and the rate of inflation. However, when you examine the data from the late 1960s, you notice that in countries that maintained very low unemployment for several years, the rate of inflation did not just settle at a new, higher level, but instead began to increase year after year. Analyze the significance of this later data. What does this change in the observed pattern imply about the long-term ability of a government to trade a little more inflation for a permanently lower unemployment rate?
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An economist in 1970 is examining a developed country that has successfully used government policy to keep its unemployment rate consistently below what is considered its sustainable long-run level for the past few years. Based on the widespread international economic data that emerged during the late 1960s, what would this economist most likely predict about the country's inflation rate in the coming years if these policies are maintained?
The widespread international economic data that emerged in the late 1960s confirmed that a government could permanently lower its country's unemployment rate below its long-run sustainable level, provided it was willing to accept a new, stable, and higher rate of inflation.
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