Okun's Law

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Okun's Law

A theory stating that for every 1% increase in the unemployment rate, a country or region loses 2.5% potential GDP growth. See also: GDP.
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This sub-section investigates whether asymmetries exist in the estimates of the Okun law within the identified regimes.
Did Okun's law die after the Great Recession?
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