Brookings: Topics - Inflation

A New Approach to Estimating the Natural Rate of Unemployment

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

William Dickens discusses a new method for estimating the natural rate of unemployment by simultaneously estimating the Phillips and Beveridge curves.

Does the U.S. Economy Need More Stimulus?

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:51:11 GMT

Alice Rivlin says the U.S. economy is still struggling even though the climbing unemployment rate is a lagging indicator, but that more spending with a new stimulus package is not the answer.

The Brookings Institution’s Arthur Okun – Father of the “Misery Index”

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In these days of worldwide economic turmoil, there’s a lot of talk about the “misery index” – which is calculated by adding together the unemployment rate and the annual inflation rate.

Missing Markets: Fostering Market Based Solutions to Major Risks

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:30:00 GMT

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June 05, 2008, 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Hurricanes, retirement, home-buying and tax-base erosion all pose financial risks. Yet markets to reduce these risks are elusive. The Hamilton Project at Brookings released papers at a discussion on how sound public policy can play a critical role in helping to foster new markets or expand existing markets in ways that could provide widely shared benefits.

The Middle-Class Squeeze

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Expert Gregg Easterbrook and Harvard Law School's Elizabeth Warren discuss the squeeze on the American middle class.

Appreciation, Inflation, and China's Competitiveness

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Geng Xiao argues that China’s inflation must be viewed not just as a current monetary issue, but rather as a part of the country’s long-term economic development.

China: The Correct Sequence Should be Inflation First, Appreciation Second

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Geng Xiao says development of China’s financial sector would help maintain a stable rate of inflation, and prepare the Chinese economy for measured currency revaluation.

Behind the CPI Figures

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Geng Xiao addresses concerns that inflation in China has led to a rise in food prices. To solve the current imbalances, he argues, China must allow its interest rates and the prices of its raw materials and energy to adjust to natural market levels. Doing so would increase demand, supply markets’ efficiency, and wage levels.

Inflation First, Appreciation Second: China’s Practical Choice

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

In response to China’s growing global current account surplus, Chinese policymakers should focus first on raising the inflation rate and then allow for currency appreciation, argues Xiao Geng.

The Interaction of Labor Markets and Inflation

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Privatize Social Security? No

Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Henry J. Aaron, The New York Daily News (11/1/04)

What's Ahead After The GDP's Big Surge

Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by George L. Perry (10/31/03)

The Epidemiology of Macroeconomic Expectations

Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT

CSED Working Paper No. 26: Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Civil Violence: Guatemala 1977-1986

Have New Human Resource Management Practices Lowered the Sustainable Unemployment Rate?

Tue, 15 May 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Paper by Jessica Cohen, William T. Dickens, and Adam Posen (5/15/03)

Options for Stabilization Policy: A New Analysis of Choices Confronting the Fed

Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT

In this policy brief, the authors propose an alternative to the conventional natural rate model. It is based on behavioral assumptions that we believe are more realistic than those underlying the natural rate model and that are backed by research on

Comments on Charles Wyplosz Paper: Do We Know How Low Should Inflation Be?

Thu, 02 Nov 2000 00:00:00 GMT

Commentary by William T. Dickens (11/02/00)

Near Rational Wage and Price Setting and the Long Run Phillips Curve

Fri, 02 Jun 2000 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Economic Papers

Is Deflation the Worry?

Tue, 15 Dec 1998 00:00:00 GMT

Policy Brief #41, by George L. Perry (December 1998)

Measuring Consumption: The Post-1973 Slowdown and the Research Issues

Wed, 02 Jul 1997 00:00:00 GMT

An article by Jack Triplett, Visiting Fellow, in the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Review, July 2, 1997

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1990:2, Macroeconomics

Wed, 30 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT

For almost thirty years, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) has provided academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research of current economic issues.

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1989:2, Macroeconomics

Tue, 30 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT

Published twice a year, BPEA offers authoritative, in-depth research on economic development for economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities. For nearly thirty years, BPEA has been an indispensable source f

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1988:2, Macroeconomics

Tue, 24 Jan 1989 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1988:1, Macroeconomics

Thu, 28 Jul 1988 00:00:00 GMT