The Mechanism of Inflation Stabilization
In a model where wages are determined by bargaining and prices are set by firms as a markup over costs, explain why there is a specific level of unemployment at which the rate of inflation remains constant. In your explanation, describe the relationship between the real wage desired by workers and the real wage implied by firms' pricing decisions at this specific unemployment level.
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At the inflation-stabilizing rate of unemployment, the real wage desired by workers is higher than the real wage implied by firms' pricing decisions, and this persistent gap is what keeps inflation constant.