00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.832214 CaOODSP 20221107145929 cr ||||||||||| 170213s1986 oncd #ob f000 0 eng d 0-8020-7268-2 0-8020-7268 CaOODSP eng n-cn--- Z1-1983/1-41-25E-PDF Z1-1983/1-41-25E Riddell, W. Craig (William Craig), 1946- Dealing with inflation and unemployment in Canada [electronic resource] / W. Craig Riddell. Toronto : University of Toronto Press : Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada, c1986. xv, 170, [5] p. : graphs Collected research studies, 0829-2396 ; 25 Digitized edition from print produced by Privy Council Office of Canada. Issued also in French under title: La lutte contre l'inflation et le chômage au Canada. Includes bibliographical references. "Inflation and unemployment have been dominant policy concerns for the past two decades. They remain major challenges facing policy makers today. Over the past several years a substantial reduction in inflation has been achieved through a determined policy of demand restraint. In Canada, wage and price inflation has declined from the 10-12 percent range in 1980-81 to approximately 4 percent in 1984-85. Similar reductions have occurred in other countries. The costs of this policy have been enormous. Unemployment rates rose to levels unseen since the Great Depression of the 1930s. High interest rates and weak product market conditions forced many firms and farmers into bankruptcy. Some soul searching about the choice of policy instrument (demand restraint), if not policy objective (ending inflation), is clearly in order. But the more important issue is how best to face the challenge of dealing with inflation and unemployment in the future. The purpose of this study is to examine the main policy alternatives and to summarize the state of knowledge about their probable effectiveness."--p. 1. gccst Commissions of inquiry gccst Inflation gccst Unemployment Canada. Privy Council Office. Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada. La lutte contre l'inflation et le chômage au Canada (CaOODSP)9.832215 The Collected research studies (Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada) 0829-2396 ; 25. (CaOODSP)9.831432 PDF 78.70 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/bcp-pco/Z1-1983-1-41-25-eng.pdf