What is the relationship (if any) between inflation and unemployment? How might the two affect each other?

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Section16.2: The Controversy Begins: Are There Really Two Philps Curve?
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What is the relationship (if any) between inflation and unemployment? How might the two affect each other?

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Inflation and unemployment are inversely related. 

Increase in inflation reduces unemployment and vice versa. 

Inflation is caused by increase in aggregate demand. In order to meet the aggregate demand, firms hire more labor. This leads to decline in unemployment. 

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