Economics

How Is The Business Cycle Related To Employment And Inflation?

The Phillips curve shows that historically, inflation and unemployment have had an inverse connection. High unemployment is associated with lower inflation or even deflation, whereas low unemployment is associated with lower inflation or even deflation. This relationship makes sense from a logical standpoint. When unemployment is low, more people have extra money to spend on […]

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What Industries Do Well In Inflation?

Inflationary times tend to favor five sectors, according to Hartford Funds strategist Sean Markowicz: utilities, real estate investment trusts, energy, consumer staples, and healthcare. What industry benefits from inflation? Because energy is an input cost in all economic activity, the energy sector is perhaps the most renowned inflation-resistant sector of the stock market, and for

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