First recorded in 1975–80; acronym
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If it rises above NAIRU, the labor market cools down and inflation decelerates.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2022
If it settles at NAIRU, the labor market is just right and inflation stabilizes.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2022
Or, to put it another way: He thinks the problem is that the jobless rate is way below NAIRU.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2022
The debate concerns the so-called “natural rate of unemployment,” also known as the NAIRU.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2015
Phelps discusses on page ix early models of the early 1980s that assumed a constant NAIRU.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas
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