Monetary Policy & Inflation | US
Is Immigration Adding to Inflationary Pressures?
Dominique Dwor-Frecaut
Summary Numbers of undocumented, largely low skilled immigrants have surged since 2021. This has supported both aggregate supply through higher labour supply, and aggregate demand through higher consumption. While unusually low wage growth has accompanied the immigration surge, this has not prevented a stabilization of services inflation, possibly due to business pricing power and migrant […]