09. unemployment and inflation

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UnemploymentUnemploymentand Inflationand Inflation

Unemployment and Inflation

Nature of Unemployment

The meaning of ‘unemployment’ defining the unemployment rate claimant unemployment

NATURE OF UNEMPLOYMENT

UK claimant unemployment flows (millions)

UK claimant unemployment flows (millions)

UK claimant unemployment flows (millions)

UK claimant unemployment flows (millions)

The meaning of ‘unemployment’ defining the unemployment rate claimant unemployment

do claimant statistics give a true picture of unemployment?

NATURE OF UNEMPLOYMENT

The meaning of ‘unemployment’ defining the unemployment rate claimant unemployment

do claimant statistics give a true picture of unemployment?

standardised unemployment (ILO/OECD)

NATURE OF UNEMPLOYMENT

The duration of unemployment inflows to and outflows from the stock of

unemployment

NATURE OF UNEMPLOYMENT

•School/college leavers•People returning to the labour force (e.g. after raising children)

•People made redundant•People sacked•People temporarily laid off•People resigning

UNEMPLOYMENT

INFLOWS(per period of time)

From jobs From outside the labour forceFlows into and out of unemployment

•People made redundant•People sacked•People temporarily laid off•People resigning

UNEMPLOYMENT

OUTFLOWS(per period of time)

To jobs To outside thelabour force

•People taking new jobs•People returning to old jobs who had been temporarily laid off

•People who have become disheartened and give up looking for a job•People who have reached retirement age•People who temporarily withdraw from labour force (e.g. to raise a family)•People who emigrate•People who die

INFLOWS(per period of time)

From jobs From outside the labour force•School/college leavers•People returning to the labour force (e.g. after raising children)

Flows into and out of unemployment

The duration of unemployment inflows to and outflows from the stock of

unemployment effects on the duration of unemployment

NATURE OF UNEMPLOYMENT

The duration of unemployment inflows to and outflows from the stock of

unemployment effects on the duration of unemployment

the phase of the business cycle

NATURE OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Unemployment rates in selected industrial countriesUK

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Unemployment rates in selected industrial countries

The composition of unemployment by geographical region by sex by age by ethnic groups

The costs of unemployment to the unemployed themselves to family and friends to society at large

NATURE OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Unemployment and Inflation

Causes of Unemployment

Unemployment and the labour market aggregate demand and supply of labour

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Disequilibrium unemployment

O

Ave

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No. of workers

ASL

ADL

Unemployment and the labour market aggregate demand and supply of labour

equilibrium in the model

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Qe

Disequilibrium unemployment

O

Ave

rage

(rea

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age

rate

No. of workers

ASL

ADL

We

Unemployment and the labour market aggregate demand and supply of labour

equilibrium in the model

disequilibrium unemployment

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

O

Ave

rage

(rea

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age

rate

No. of workers

ASL

ADL

We

W2

Disequilibrium unemployment

Q2 Q1

B A

Unemployment and the labour market aggregate demand and supply of labour

equilibrium in the model

disequilibrium unemployment

equilibrium unemployment

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Equilibrium unemployment

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No. of workers

ADL

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ADL

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Equilibrium unemployment

Equilibrium and disequilibrium unemployment

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No. of workers

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ASL

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No. of workers

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ADL

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Equilibrium and disequilibrium unemployment

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No. of workers

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Equilibriumunemployment

Disequilibriumunemployment

Equilibrium and disequilibrium unemployment

Disequilibrium unemployment

real-wage (classical) unemployment

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

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rate

No. of workers

ASL

ADL

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W1

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ADL 2

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Real-wage unemployment

b a

Disequilibrium unemployment

real-wage (classical) unemployment

demand-deficient (cyclical) unemployment

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

ADL 2

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No. of workers

ADL 1

W1

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ASL

Demand-deficient unemployment

Disequilibrium unemployment

real-wage (classical) unemployment

demand-deficient (cyclical) unemployment

unemployment arising from a growth in the labour supply

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Equilibrium unemployment frictional (search) unemployment

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

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Period of search

t l

Wage rate offered (Wo)

Wage rate acceptable to worker (Wa)

Average duration of unemployment

Equilibrium unemployment frictional (search) unemployment structural unemployment

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Equilibrium unemployment frictional (search) unemployment structural unemployment

changing pattern of demand

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Equilibrium unemployment frictional (search) unemployment structural unemployment

changing pattern of demand regional unemployment

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Equilibrium unemployment frictional (search) unemployment structural unemployment

changing pattern of demand regional unemployment technological unemployment

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Equilibrium unemployment frictional (search) unemployment structural unemployment

changing pattern of demand regional unemployment technological unemployment

seasonal unemployment

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Unemployment and Inflation

Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply and

the Price Level

The aggregate demand curve

AD, AS and the PRICE LEVEL

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National output

AD

Aggregate demand and aggregate supplyWhy the AD curve slopes downwards

foreign trade effect

real balance effect

interest rate effect

The shape of the AD curve

Shifts in the AD curve

The aggregate demand curve

The aggregate supply curve

AD, AS and the PRICE LEVEL

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National output

AS

short-run and long-run AS curves

the shape of the AS curve

shift in the AS curve

Aggregate demand and aggregate supply

The aggregate demand curve

The aggregate supply curve

Equilibrium

AD, AS and the PRICE LEVEL

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National output

AS

AD

Pe

P2

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Aggregate demand and aggregate supply

The aggregate demand curve

The aggregate supply curve

Equilibrium shifts in the AD curve

AD, AS and the PRICE LEVEL

The aggregate demand curve

The aggregate supply curve

Equilibrium shifts in the AD curve

shifts in the AS curve

AD, AS and the PRICE LEVEL

Unemployment and Inflation

Inflation

Defining inflation

International experience of inflation

INFLATION

Inflation rates for selected countries(average % per annum)

Inflation rates for selected countries(average % per annum)

Inflation rates for selected countries(average % per annum)

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Inflation rates in selected industrial countries

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Inflation rates in selected industrial countries

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)Inflation rates in selected industrial countries

The costs of inflation

redistribution

uncertainty

balance of payments

resources used to cope with inflation

INFLATION

Types of inflation demand pull

INFLATION

Demand-pull inflation

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National output

AS

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Q1

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National output

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P1

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AD2

Demand-pull inflation

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National output

AS

AD1

P1

Q1

AD2

P2

Q2

Demand-pull inflation

Types of inflation demand pull cost push

INFLATION

Cost-push inflation

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National output

AS1

AD

P1

Q1

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National output

AS1

AD

P1

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AS2

Cost-push inflation

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National output

AS1

AD

P1

Q1

AS2

P2

Q2

Cost-push inflation

Types of inflation demand pull cost push interaction of demand-pull and cost-push

inflation

INFLATION

The interaction of demand-pull and cost-push inflation

O

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National output

AS1

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P1

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National output

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P1

AS2

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P2

The interaction of demand-pull and cost-push inflation

O

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National output

AS1

AD1

P1

AD2

P2

AS3

AD3

P3

The interaction of demand-pull and cost-push inflation

AS2

Types of inflation demand pull cost push interaction of demand-pull and cost-push

inflation structural (demand shift)

INFLATION

Types of inflation demand pull cost push interaction of demand-pull and cost-push

inflation structural (demand shift) expectations and inflation

INFLATION

Types of inflation demand pull cost push interaction of demand-pull and cost-push

inflation structural (demand shift) expectations and inflation

Policies to tackle inflation

INFLATION

Types of inflation demand pull cost push interaction of demand-pull and cost-push

inflation structural (demand shift) expectations and inflation

Policies to tackle inflation demand-side policies

INFLATION

Types of inflation demand pull cost push interaction of demand-pull and cost-push

inflation structural (demand shift) expectations and inflation

Policies to tackle inflation demand-side policies supply-side policies

INFLATION

Unemployment and Inflation

Relationship between Unemployment and

Inflation

Aggregate demand and inflation and unemployment effects of increases in aggregate demand (relative

to potential output)

how the objectives vary with the course of the business cycle

The Phillips curve the original curve

the apparent policy implications

RELATIONSHIP BETWEENINFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT

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The 'Phillips curve' in recent times

the breakdown of the Phillips curve and the problem of stagflation in the 1970s

RELATIONSHIP BETWEENINFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT

Inflation (%)

Unemployment (%)

The breakdown of the Phillips curve?

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the breakdown of the Phillips curve and the problem of stagflation in the 1970s

experience of the 1980s

RELATIONSHIP BETWEENINFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT

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Inflation (%)

Unemployment (%)

The breakdown of the Phillips curve?

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The 'Phillips curve' in recent times

the breakdown of the Phillips curve and the problem of stagflation in the 1970s

experience of the 1980s

experience of recent years

RELATIONSHIP BETWEENINFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT

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Inflation (%)

Unemployment (%)

The breakdown of the Phillips curve?

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The 'Phillips curve' in recent times

the breakdown of the Phillips curve and the problem of stagflation in the 1970s

experience of the 1980s

experience of recent years

a horizontal Phillips curve?

RELATIONSHIP BETWEENINFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT

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Inflation (%)

Unemployment (%)

The breakdown of the Phillips curve?

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The 'Phillips curve' in recent times the breakdown of the Phillips curve and the

problem of stagflation in the 1970s experience of the 1980s experience of recent years a horizontal Phillips curve?

Output gaps

RELATIONSHIP BETWEENINFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT

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Output gaps in selected countries: 1980-2003

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Japan

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problem of stagflation in the 1970s experience of the 1980s experience of recent years a horizontal Phillips curve?

Output gaps Complexity of the relationship between

inflation and unemployment

RELATIONSHIP BETWEENINFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT