Okun's law

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf commercial law
gptkbp:appliesTo macroeconomics
gptkbp:countryOfOperation Okun coefficient varies by country and time period
gptkbp:describes relationship between unemployment and GDP
gptkbp:empiricalRelationship unemployment rate and real GDP growth
gptkbp:form gptkb:Okun_coefficient
difference version
gap version
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Arthur_Okun
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Okun's law
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Arthur_Okun
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:business
gptkb:Phillips_curve
output gap
gptkbp:state for every 1% increase in unemployment, a country's GDP will be roughly an additional 2% lower than its potential GDP
gptkbp:usedIn economic forecasting
gptkbp:yearProposed 1962
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Macroeconomic_Theory
gptkb:Macroeconomics
gptkb:Arthur_Okun
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6