Discussion paper

DP19552 A Hundred Years of Business Cycles and the Phillips Curve

This study investigates the business cycle dynamics of the U.S. economy since 1900 through a multivariate framework that imposes minimal economic restrictions. A key finding is the presence of a significant negative correlation between inflation and economic slack, at business cycle frequencies. This relationship remains robust across over a century of data, with stable coefficients in subsample periods.

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Citation

Bini, L, L Reichlin and G Ricco (2024), ‘DP19552 A Hundred Years of Business Cycles and the Phillips Curve‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 19552. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp19552