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Estimating the Non-Acelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment for Costa Rica

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  • Cristian Álvarez-Corrales

    (Department of Economic Research, Central Bank of Costa Rica)

  • Evelyn Muñoz-Salas

    (Department of Economic Research, Central Bank of Costa Rica)

Abstract

In this paper we present estimations of the Non-accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment or NAIRU for the Costa Rican economy. We highlight the following results: The NAIRU displays an upward trend since the early 90s which was accentuated after the Great Recession when the Costa Rican inflation rate exhibits historically low levels; the estimations of the unemployment gap (the difference between the observed unemployment rate and the NAIRU) indicates that this gap was negative in the nineties and the first half of 2000’s but became positive afterwards. At the second quarter of 2017, the different estimates of the unemployment gap coincide in pointing out that this gap was closed, indicating the absence of aggregate demand pressures. In addition, since 2004, there has been a strengthening in the relationship between inflation and the unemployment gap. ***Resumen: Este documento presenta varias estimaciones de la tasa de desempleo que no acelera la inflación (NAIRU por sus siglas en inglés) para Costa Rica. De los resultados obtenidos destaca lo siguiente: este indicador muestra una tendencia creciente desde inicios de los 90, que se acentúa posterior a la Gran Recesión, periodo a partir del cual Costa Rica exhibe tasas de inflación históricamente bajas. Las estimaciones de brecha de desempleo (diferencia entre la tasa de desempleo observada y la NAIRU) apuntan a que desde inicios de los noventa y hasta los primeros años de los 2000, esta tiende a ser mayormente negativa, y positiva en adelante. Para el segundo trimestre de 2017, las diferentes estimaciones coinciden en señalar que la brecha de desempleo estaba cerrada, lo cual indica la ausencia de presiones de demanda agregada. Asimismo, a partir del año 2004 se encuentra un fortalecimiento en la relación entre brecha de desempleo e inflación.

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  • Cristian Álvarez-Corrales & Evelyn Muñoz-Salas, 2019. "Estimating the Non-Acelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment for Costa Rica," Documentos de Trabajo 1905, Banco Central de Costa Rica.
  • Handle: RePEc:apk:doctra:1905
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy

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