Macro Obejectives + Conflicts and Trade Offs

Cards (4)

  • Stagflation is when there is stagnant economic growth (so no activity) and high inflation.
    This is related to the origins of the Phillips Curve
  • Monetary offset is where the governments expansionary fiscal policy (increased government spending) to boost the economy during a recession conflicts with the central bank's objective of reducing inflation and controlling the money supply in a recession.
  • What does the long-run Phillips curve represent?
    It represents the rate of unemployment where there is neither upward nor downward pressure on inflation.
    a.k.a NAIRU (Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment).
  • What does the short-run Phillips curve represent?
    It represents a trade-off between inflation and unemployment.