natural rate of unemployment
Britishnoun
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AI could raise the economy’s equilibrium interest rate and potentially increase the natural rate of unemployment.
From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026
The labor market remains near equilibrium, but slightly above the Fed’s view of the natural rate of unemployment.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025
While most Fed policymakers estimate full employment to be around 4.5%, “my own instinct is that the natural rate of unemployment is higher,” Powell said last month.
From Reuters • Aug. 25, 2022
“I would look at today’s level of unemployment as well within the range of potential estimates — of plausible estimates — of what the natural rate of unemployment is,” Powell told Congress in July.
From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2019
The natural rate of unemployment is an estimate of just where that magic number lies.
From US News • Sep. 6, 2016
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