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Low unemployment and low inflation in the United States: déjà vu?
[Chômage faible et inflation basse aux États-Unis : du déjà vu ?]

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  • Gilbert Cette
  • Laure Frey
  • Gilles Moec

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The Fed attributes the current disconnect between a tight labour market and low inflation to transitory factors, while also acknowledging an unusual level of uncertainty. It is not the first time such disconnect appears. In the late 1990s already such configuration had triggered a debate on a structural downward shift in inflation. It later transpired that this assessment was based on erroneous data. La Fed justifie la faiblesse actuelle de l’inflation malgré un marché de l’emploi dynamique par l’impact de facteurs transitoires sur les prix. Lors d’une situation proche à la fin des années 1990, les révisions apportées ultérieurement aux statistiques de coût du travail révélèrent une erreur de diagnostic qui ne s’est toutefois pas traduite par une erreur de politique monétaire.

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  • Gilbert Cette & Laure Frey & Gilles Moec, 2017. "Low unemployment and low inflation in the United States: déjà vu? [Chômage faible et inflation basse aux États-Unis : du déjà vu ?]," Eco Notepad 35, Banque de France.
  • Handle: RePEc:bfr:econot:35
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