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nairu

nairu

noun

nonaccelerating inflation rate of unemployment: the lowest level of unemployment an economy can handle without causing inflation.
NAIRU

NAIRU

acronym

non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment: the rate of unemployment at which inflation is neither accelerating nor decelerating

nairu

American

[ney-roo] / ˈneɪ ru /

Or NAIRU

noun

Economics.

nonaccelerating inflation rate of unemployment: the lowest level of unemployment an economy can handle without causing inflation.

NAIRU British

/ ˈnaɪruː /

acronym

Also called: natural rate of unemployment. non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment: the rate of unemployment at which inflation is neither accelerating nor decelerating

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Etymology

Origin of nairu

First recorded in 1975–80; acronym

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