Do labor market activities help predict inflation?

Luojia Hu and Maude Toussaint-Comeau

Economic Perspectives, 2010, vol. 34, issue Q II, 52-63

Abstract: The authors conduct an empirical analysis of the role of labor market activities in inflation and conclude that wage growth is not very informative for predicting price inflation. But price inflation does seem to help predict wage growth.

Keywords: Labor; market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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