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Phillips curve

Phil·lips curve


noun 
Definition:
 
relationship between wages and unemployment: a hypothetical relationship between the rate of wage increases and the rate of unemployment according to which the one rises as the other falls

[Mid-20th century. After A. W. H. Phillips (1914-1975), New Zealand economist]
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