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How Low Can You Go? Economists Game Out U.S. Unemployment Bounds
The natural jobless rate may be lower, but one model suggests it's not by much
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Move over, r-star. There’s a new natural rate coming into focus.
Economists love to talk about natural rates. Put simply, they’re the level economic indicators should be at when growth has reached its potential and inflation is stable, given factors including demographics.