The Evolution of Inflation and Unemployment: Explaining the Roaring Nineties

Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala and Dennis J. Snower
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Marika Karanassou: Queen Mary, University of London and IZA
Dennis J. Snower: Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel and CEPR

No 604, Working Papers from Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance

Abstract: This paper analyses the relation between US inflation and unemployment from the perspective of "frictional growth," a phenomenon arising from the interplay between growth and frictions. In particular, we examine the interaction between money growth (on the one hand) and various real and nominal frictions (on the other). In this context we show that monetary policy has not only persistent, but permanent real effects, giving rise to a long-run inflation-unemployment tradeoff. We evaluate this tradeoff empirically and assess the impact of productivity, money growth, budget deficit, and trade deficit on the US unemployment and inflation trajectories during the nineties.

Keywords: Inflation dynamics; Unemployment dynamics; Phillips curve; Roaring nineties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 E31 E51 E62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-07-01
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Journal Article: THE EVOLUTION OF INFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT: EXPLAINING THE ROARING NINETIES (2008)
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