Phillips Curve Calculator
### Macroeconomic Trade-Offs: Inflation vs Unemployment Introduced by A.W. Phillips and expanded by Milton Friedman and Edmund Phelps, the **Phillips Curve** models the short-run inverse.
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Calculating macroeconomic inflation rate when unemployment drops to 4.0% below the 5.0% NAIRU rate: Increases actual inflation to 3.00% due to a negative -1.00% unemployment gap.
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Macroeconomic Trade-Offs: Inflation vs Unemployment
Introduced by A.W. Phillips and expanded by Milton Friedman and Edmund Phelps, the Phillips Curve models the short-run inverse relationship between inflation rate and unemployment rate in a macro economy.
Core Macroeconomic Phillips Curve Equations
- Short-Run Expectations-Augmented Equation: π = π^e - α (u - u^n) + v
- Unemployment Gap: Gap = u - u^n
- Unanticipated Inflation: Surprise = π - π^e = -α (u - u^n) + v
- Long-Run Vertical Curve (LRPC): u = u^n (Unemployment returns to NAIRU regardless of inflation rate).
Economic Regimes & Shifts
- Demand-Pull Overheating (u < u^n): Low unemployment forces employers to raise wages, driving up consumer product prices and headline inflation.
- Stagflation (v > 0): Adverse supply shocks (e.g. 1970s OPEC oil supply disruptions) shift the short-run curve upward, causing high inflation and high unemployment simultaneously.
- Sacrifice Ratio: The percentage of one year's real GDP that must be foregone to reduce inflation by 1 percentage point during central bank disinflation tightening policies.
How to Use This Calculator
Enter your Expected Inflation Rate (πᵉ) (e.g. 2.5 in %), Actual Unemployment Rate (u) (e.g. 4.0 in %), Natural Rate of Unemployment / NAIRU (uⁿ) (e.g. 5.0 in %), Inflation Sensitivity (α) (e.g. 0.50), and Supply Shock / Energy Price Shock (v) (e.g. 0.0 in %). Results update instantly as you type — adjust any value to compare scenarios.
The Formula
Expectations-Augmented Phillips Curve: π = πᵉ - α(u - uⁿ) + v
Worked Example
Calculating macroeconomic inflation rate when unemployment drops to 4.0% below the 5.0% NAIRU rate: Increases actual inflation to 3.00% due to a negative -1.00% unemployment gap.
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- Rounding errors accumulate across multi-step calculations. For precision-critical work, maintain extra significant figures through all intermediate steps.
- Many mathematical concepts have multiple valid formulations — if a result seems unexpected, verify which convention or definition applies to your context.
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- Numerical methods used in digital calculators introduce floating-point precision limits (~15 significant digits for IEEE 754 double precision).
- For statistical and probabilistic calculations, always specify whether you are working with population parameters or sample statistics — formulas differ.
- Visualizing a problem geometrically or testing with known boundary values (zero, infinity, negative) reveals hidden errors faster than algebraic checking.
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