New study reveals optimal policy for controlling inflation and unemployment
The study shows that when the short-run Phillips curve is curved, it causes inflation to be higher than intended even when policymakers aim for a specific unemployment rate. Optimal monetary policy leads to inflation, unemployment, and inflation variability moving together, creating a new reason for stabilizing inflation. This policy also results in skewed unemployment distributions. The model was applied to developed countries from 1986 to 2006, with the United States as an example.