Economics news, commentary, research: Historical Inflation and Unemployment

Historical U.S. Unemployment Rate by Year

https://www.investopedia.com/historical-us-unemployment-rate-by-year-7495494

U.S. National Unemployment Rate

https://www.macrotrends.net/1316/us-national-unemployment-rate

Unemployment in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment_in_the_United_States

Chart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment_in_the_United_States#/media/File:United_States_unemployment_with_incarceration_1892-2016.png

Will Robots Automate Your Job Away? Full Employment, Basic Income, and Economic Democracy https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3044448

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U.S. Inflation Rate by President: From Eisenhower to Biden https://www.investopedia.com/us-inflation-rate-by-president-8546447

Unpacking the Causes of Pandemic-Era Inflation in the US https://www.nber.org/digest/20239/unpacking-causes-pandemic-era-inflation-us

What caused the U.S. pandemic-era inflation? Ben S. Bernanke and Olivier Blanchard June 13, 2023

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-caused-the-u-s-pandemic-era-inflation/

"Fiscal policy contributed to the inflation, but primarily through its effects on consumer demand for commodities and goods in limited supply rather than through the labor market."

"Bringing inflation down to the Fed’s 2% target will require bringing the demand and supply of labor into better balance, with the ratio of job openings to unemployed workers closer to pre-pandemic levels."

Historical Inflation Rates: 1914-2024

https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/historical-inflation-rates/

https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/