Perspectives on Inflation: A Symposium Held in Montreal, January, 1974 : a ReportFrom the Contents: I) Definitions and Some Recent Measures of Inflation in Canada; II) Inflation Prospects for the 1970s in North America and the World Economy; III) Changes in the Cyclical Behaviour of Prices; IV) Price Behaviour During Growth Recession; V) Sources of Inflation and the Costs of Inflation; VI) Policies to Maintain Reasonable Price Stability; VII) The Role of Incomes Policies and Controls. |
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II | 8 |
Changes in the Cyclical Behaviour of Prices | 20 |
V | 37 |
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accelerating adjustments average basic materials behaviour Board in Canada Bosworth Bureau of Economic business cycle Cagan Canadian cent CHAIRMAN Chart Club of Rome commodities Conference Board Consumer Price Index controls crude materials cyclical debt decline deflated demand pressures domestic Economic Research economists escalation Euro-currency market expansion federal flation FREEMAN full employment growth cycle growth recession High Low High income INDEX OF COINCIDENT inflationary institutional J.R. Smith Korean War KOSTERS labour costs labour market leading index Limits to Growth Low High Low MacINTOSH major materials prices measures ment mixed economy monetary policies MOORE National Bureau output petroleum PLUMPTRE postwar period price changes price increases price level price response problem production rate of change rate of increase rate of inflation rates of price raw materials rising shortages SOMMERS Statistics Canada supply Table United wage increases wage structure Wholesale Price Index