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natural rate of unemployment

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noun

  1. another name for NAIRU

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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For full employment, it means looking at unemployment’s deviation from estimates of the natural rate of unemployment.

From MarketWatch Jun. 19, 2026

If AI permanently reduces demand for certain types of jobs, the natural rate of unemployment could rise.

From Barron's Feb. 17, 2026

“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

On Monday, Fed governor Jerome Powell became the latest of policymakers to suggest the "natural" rate of unemployment, also referred to as a level of full employment, had fallen.

From Reuters Feb. 11, 2015

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