Looking at the natural rate of unemployment in the Cobra equation

This video shows that the Cobra equation implies a natural rate of unemployment where the aggregate profit maximization line crosses the effective demand limit line.

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This research is really just getting going. It has not started to look carefully at the numbers of other countries. The model is being developed with data from the US. But as you can see, the model is fitting the experience in other countries too.