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Inflation, unemployment, and poverty revisited


Abstract: An examination of the impact of inflation and unemployment on poverty, using a poverty rate based on goods and services consumed, rather than on income. The findings suggest that inflation may harm the poor more than was previously thought.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Part of Series: Economic Review

Publication Date: 1995

Issue: Q III

Pages: 2-13