English Explanatory Dictionary

Phillips curve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A single-equation empirical model describing a historical inverse relationship between rates of unemployment and corresponding rates of inflation that result within an economy.

Word forms

Phillips curve Phillips curves

Etymology

Named after New Zealand economist William Phillips (1914–1975).

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