Has the COVID crisis so far been primarily a supply- or demand-side crisis? A Phillips curve approach
We begin with Phillips curve s for the United States and the euro zone. If the dominant effect of the COVID crisis has been a fall in supply, inflation must be higher than expected inflation; if it has been a fall in demand, inflation must be lower than expected inflation. Since the start of 2020, the dominant effect has been: The fall in demand in the United States; The fall in supply in the euro zone.
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