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The Postpandemic US Immigration Surge: New Facts and Inflationary Implications

In: NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2026, volume 41

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  • Anton Cheremukhin
  • Sewon Hur
  • Ronald Mau
  • Karel Mertens
  • Alexander W. Richter
  • Xiaoqing Zhou

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The U.S. experienced an extraordinary surge in immigration from 2021 to 2024, which triggered widespread discussions about its macroeconomic impact, particularly on inflation. To determine the impact of the immigration surge, we first document the salient features of these new immigrants: they are primarily low-skilled relative to the existing workforce and more likely to be hand-to-mouth consumers. We then incorporate these features into a heterogeneous agent model with capital-skill complementarity. We find that the supply- and demand-side effects of the immigration surge roughly cancel out, causing a negligible response of inflation.
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  • Anton Cheremukhin & Sewon Hur & Ronald Mau & Karel Mertens & Alexander W. Richter & Xiaoqing Zhou, 2026. "The Postpandemic US Immigration Surge: New Facts and Inflationary Implications," NBER Chapters, in: NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2026, volume 41, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberch:15424
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    JEL classification:

    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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