Working paper/research report

Publication year: 2009

URL: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/30092

Title of series: MAGKS Joint discussion paper series in economics

Number in series: 2009, 46

Abstract: 

This note uncovers the Phillips curve trade-off perceived by U.S. monetary policymakers. For that purpose we use data on individual forecasts for unemployment and inflation submitted by each individual FOMC member, which was recently made available for the period 1992-1998. The results point to significant changes in the perceived trade-off over time with the Phillips curve flattening and the implied NAIRU falling towards the second half of the sample. Hence, the results suggest that policymakers were aware of these changes in real-time.

Harvard Citation style: Tillmann, P. (2009) The Fed’s perceived Phillips curve: Evidence from individual FOMC forecasts
. (MAGKS Joint discussion paper series in economics, 2009, 46). Marburg: Philipps-University Marburg. https://hdl.handle.net/10419/30092

APA Citation style: Tillmann, P. (2009). The Fed’s perceived Phillips curve: Evidence from individual FOMC forecasts
. (MAGKS Joint discussion paper series in economics, 2009, 46). Philipps-University Marburg. https://hdl.handle.net/10419/30092