Great little 60 second adventure in Economics Video for understanding the Phillips curve.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_LHFs_Htak
Remember: a policy of trying to achieve growth may result in higher inflation but lower unemployment as some firms respond to more customers by putting up prices whilst other will open new stores. Alternatively a policy of trying to achieve lower inflation or stopping people buying imports by reducing their disposable income - might cause lower inflation but also higher unemployment.
The key point is that different levels of inflation and unemployment may coincide due to the spending and tax plans of the UK government or interest rate changes by the Bank of England.
Arguing that higher inflation causes low unemployment OR high unemployment causes low inflation needs to be done either very carefully as in this Video or avoided so as not to confuse the reader.
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