Okun's Law, Creation of Money and the Decomposition of the Rate of Unemployment

Stéphane Mussard, Bernard Philippe

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Abstract

In this paper, we show that the rate of unemployment in period t depends on GDP and inflation rate in period t-1. We then show that GDP is related to money creation, and subsequently that the rate of unemployment is a decreasing function of this creation.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherCEPS/INSTEAD
Number of pages9
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameIRISS Working Papers
PublisherCEPS/INSTEAD
No.2006-08

Keywords

  • GDP
  • creation of money
  • decomposition
  • rate of unemployment

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