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BPEA | 1974 No. 1

The Effects of External Inflationary Shocks

James L. Pierce and
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James L. Pierce Staff, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Jared J. Enzler
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Jared J. Enzler Staff, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Discussants: David I. Fand and
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David I. Fand
R. J. Gordon
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R. J. Gordon

1974, No. 1


THE ECONOMY IS ALWAYS VULNERABLE to a variety of external influences or shocks that have important impacts on income, employment, and prices. While these external shocks are unforeseeable and unavoidable, economic policy must somehow deal with their consequences.