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Meaning of Phillips curve | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A single-equation empirical model describing a historical inverse relationship between rates of unemployment and corresponding rates of inflation that result within an economy.

Examples

“An explanation of stagflation is not an explanation at all unless it includes a general explanation of why a Phillips curve should have this or that slope, and why the curve shifts if it is alleged to shift.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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