Low Inflation Bends the Phillips Curve around the World

Kristin Forbes, Joseph Gagnon and Christopher Collins ()

No WP20-6, Working Paper Series from Peterson Institute for International Economics

Abstract: This paper models inflation by combining the multicountry framework of one of its authors (Forbes) with the nonlinear specification proposed by the other two (Gagnon and Collins). The results find strong support for a Phillips curve that becomes nonlinear when inflation is low, in which case excess economic slack has little effect on inflation. This finding is consistent with evidence of downward nominal wage and price rigidity. The estimates also show a significant and economically meaningful Phillips curve relationship between slack and inflation when slack is negative (i.e., when output is above long-run potential). In this nonlinear model, international factors play a large role in explaining headline inflation, a role that has increased over time, supporting the results of Forbes’ linear model.

Keywords: Economic slack; globalization; output gap; price dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E31 E37 E52 E58 F62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-03
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