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Short-run Phillips curve (SRPC)

The downward-sloping trade-off between inflation and unemployment that holds while expected inflation is fixed. A demand boom moves the economy up and left along it, lower unemployment with higher inflation. The whole curve shifts when expected inflation or supply conditions change.

Also called: SRPC, Phillips curve

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