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Potential and natural output
Alejandro Justiniano Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Giorgio Primiceri Northwestern University
National Bank of Belgium
March 22, 2010
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Definitions
Efficient output
Level of output that would prevail under perfect competition
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Definitions
Efficient output
Level of output that would prevail under perfect competition
Potential output
Level of output that would prevail under imperfect competition,
but flexible prices and wages and constant markups
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Definitions
Efficient output
Level of output that would prevail under perfect competition
Potential output
Level of output that would prevail under imperfect competition,
but flexible prices and wages and constant markups
Natural output
Level of output that would prevail under imperfect competition,
but flexible prices and wages
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Why estimate potential output?
Assess
Importance of imperfect competition / nominal rigidities
Conduct of MP
Efficiency of business cycles
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Why estimate potential output?
Assess
Importance of imperfect competition / nominal rigidities
Conduct of MP
Efficiency of business cycles
Benchmark for optimal monetary policy
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Why estimate natural output?
Actual output - natural output
Importance of nominal rigidities
Potential output - natural output
Exogenous markup variation in prices and wages
Monetary policy inflation-output trade-off
If markup shocks are interpreted as tech. or preference
Natural = potential
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Model economy
Sticky Prices and Wages
Habit formation
Etc…
Observed Output
Y
Shocks to preferences
and technology
Shocks to the degree of
market competitiveness
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Model economy under flex prices/wages
Sticky Prices and Wages
Habit formation
Etc…
Natural Output
Yn
Shocks to preferences
and technology
Shocks to the degree of
market competitiveness
Natural = level of output that would be observed under imperfectly
competitive markets and flexible prices and wages
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Sticky Prices and Wages
Habit formation
Etc…
Potential Output
Yp
Shocks to preferences
and technology
Shocks to the degree of
market competitiveness
Model economy under flex prices/wages
and no markup shocks
Potential = level of output that would be observed under imperfect
competition, but flexible prices and wages and constant markups
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Preview of the results
Potential output is smooth
More modest business cycles had markets been competitive
Large portion of fluctuations are inefficient
Gap resembles “standard” measures of BC
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Preview of the results
Potential output is smooth
More modest business cycles had markets been competitive
Large portion of fluctuations are inefficient
Gap resembles “standard” measures of BC
Natural output is implausibly volatile
Casts doubts on structural interpretation of innovations in price
and wage Phillips curves
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Outline
Model
Estimates of potential output
What is the share of inefficient fluctuations?
A brief comparison to the literature
Estimates of natural output
Alternative interpretation of markup shocks
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The model
NK model with exogenous capital accumulation
5 blocks:
Intermediate firms
Final-good producers
Households
Employment agencies
Policy makers
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The model
Production technology of final-good producers
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The model
Production technology of final-good producers
price markup
shock
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The model
Production technology of intermediate-goods producers
Monopolistically competitive markets
Optimizing firms set prices by maximizing PDV of profits
Calvo type stickiness: a fraction p of firms cannot re-optimize
index prices to ss and past inflation
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The model
Households maximization problem
Monopolistically competitive suppliers of specialized labor
Calvo-type stickiness: a fraction w of HH cannot re-optimize
index wages to ss and past inflation-productivity
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The model
Employment agencies aggregate differentiated labor into
homogeneous labor
wage markup
shock
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The model
Monetary policy sets the short-term nominal interest rate
following a Taylor-type rule
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Exogenous disturbances
Tastes & technology
Productivity growth rate is AR(1)
Inter-temporal preference shock AR(1)
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Exogenous disturbances
Tastes & technology
Productivity growth rate is AR(1)
Inter-temporal preference shock AR(1)
Shocks to markets competitiveness
Mark-up shock in wages i.i.d.
Mark-up shock in prices i.i.d.
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Exogenous disturbances
Tastes & technology
Productivity growth rate is AR(1)
Inter-temporal preference shock AR(1)
Shocks to markets competitiveness
Mark-up shock in wages i.i.d.
Mark-up shock in prices i.i.d.
Monetary policy
MP shocks i.i.d.
Inflation target shock persistent AR(1)
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Data
Observable variables
1. GDP
2. Hours
3. Wages
4. Inflation
5. Federal funds rate
Quarterly data from 1954:III to 2006:II
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Data
Observable variables
1. GDP
2. Hours Total hours / population 22-64 age (Francis-Ramey)
3. Wages Compensation of employees (NIPA) / total hours
4. Inflation
5. Federal funds rate
Quarterly data from 1954:III to 2006:II
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Why this model
Relative to simplest NK framework
Additional frictions
Sticky wages
Wages and hours observable
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Why this model
Relative to simplest NK framework
Additional frictions Habits and indexation
Sticky wages
Wages and hours observable
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Why this model
Relative to simplest NK framework
Additional frictions Habits and indexation
Sticky wages Output gap real marginal cost
Wages and hours observable
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Why this model
Relative to simplest NK framework
Additional frictions Habits and indexation
Sticky wages Output gap real marginal cost
Wages and hours observable Labor share is observable (as in Sbordone, Gali & Gertler)
Productivity is observable make contact with RBC
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Output
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Observed output
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Potential Output
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Observed output Potential output
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Output Gap and Business Cycles
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
Gap
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Output Gap and Business Cycles
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
Gap
HP
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Most recent estimates of the output gap
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Most recent estimates of the output gap
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Most recent estimates of the Equilibrium RIR
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Output Gap and Business Cycles
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
Gap
HP
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How inefficient are BC fluctuations?
A useful decomposition
BC output
gap “BC for
potential” in HP
trends
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How inefficient are BC fluctuations?
A useful decomposition
BC output
gap “BC for
potential” in HP
trends
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How inefficient are BC fluctuations?
gap
BC potential
HP
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How inefficient are BC fluctuations?
gap
BC potential
HP
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How inefficient are BC fluctuations?
gap
BC potential
HP
VR = 1.2
VR = 0.4
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Potential output and business cycles
DSGE-gap resembles “standard” measures of BC
This result is not typical in the literature
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“Going after” (a subset of) the literature
Output gap estimates differ from standard measures
Edge, Kiley and Laforte (2008)
Levin, Onatski, Williams and Williams (2005)
Andrés, López-Salido and Nelson (2005)
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Edge, Kiley and Laforte (2008)
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Edge, Kiley and Laforte (2008)
“Our” gap without *
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LOWW (2005)
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LOWW (2005)
“Our” gap with LOWW dataset and policy rule
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Andrés, López-Salido and Nelson (2005)
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Andrés, López-Salido and Nelson (2005)
“Our” gap without markup shocks
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Importance of shocks to Phillips curve
Simplest Phillips curve
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US inflation (GDP deflator)
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Importance of shocks to Phillips curve
Simplest Phillips curve
If no shocks to Phillips curve
Gap forced to explain high frequency variation in inflation
Need low price stickiness
Potential output actual output
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Gap resembles economic slack if choose shocks to appropriately account for low & high frequency fluctuations in data
Rationale: 1) model fits better 2 ) proxies for features outside model’s scope, i.e. reduced form shocks
Why the mix of shocks matters
Shock Purpose
Labor supply Hours, low frequency
Inflation Target Inflation, low frequency
Price markup Inflation, high frequency
Wage markup Wages, high frequency
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“Going after” (a subset of) the literature
Output gap estimates differ from standard measures
Edge, Kiley and Laforte (2008)
Levin, Onatski, Williams and Williams (2005)
Andrés, López-Salido and Nelson (2005)
One exception: Sala, Soderstrom and Trigari (2008)
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Potential output and business cycles
DSGE-gap resembles “standard” measures of BC
This result is not typical in the literature
One important ingredient:
Shocks to Phillips curve
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Outline
Model
Estimates of potential output
A brief comparison to the literature
Estimates of natural output
Alternative interpretation of markup shocks
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Output
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Observed output
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Natural Output
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
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0
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100
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Observed output Natural output
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Why is natural output so volatile?
Wage markup shocks are implausibly volatile
Imply variation of desired markups between -/+ 400%
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Why is natural output so volatile?
Wage markup shocks are implausibly volatile
Imply variation of desired markups between -/+ 400%
Std 30 basis points
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Why is natural output so volatile?
Wage markup shocks are implausibly volatile
Imply variation of desired markups between -/+ 400%
Why “not a problem” under sticky wages?
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The effect of wage markup shocks
L
W
LD
LS (sticky W)
Drop in L under sticky w.
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The effect of wage markup shocks
L
W
LD
LS (sticky W)
LS (flex W)
Drop in L under flex w. Drop in L under sticky w.
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Wage markup shocks
Are these shocks plausible?
Model misspecification?
Coincide with reduced form residuals from VAR(4)
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Wage markup shocks
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Wage markup shocks
Are these shocks plausible?
Model misspecification?
Coincide with reduced form residuals from VAR(4)
Variance decomposition at BC frequencies
Explain negligible share of variance in all series but wages
2% output, 5% hours
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Outline
Model
Estimates of potential output
A brief comparison to the literature
Estimates of natural output
Alternative interpretation of markup shocks
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Alternative interpretation of markup shocks
Noise
sampling error
idiosyncratic shocks across multiple wage (price) series
Very different high frequency behavior
Abraham et al. (1999), Bosworth and Perry (1994)
Boivin and Giannoni (2006 and 2009)
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Alternative wage series
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Alternative wage series
Growth rate of nominal wages
LEPRIVA
hourly compensation of non-supervisory and production
workers (Establishment Survey)
HCBS
hourly compensation in the business sector
includes dividend payments and other stuff that has little to do
with wages
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Alternative interpretation of markup shocks
Noise
Model with measurement errors fits data as well
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Output Gaps
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Alternative interpretation of markup shocks
Noise
Model with measurement errors fits data as well
Natural potential output
More plausible implications for flex prices and wages economy
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Alternative interpretation of markup shocks
Noise
Model with measurement errors fits data as well
Natural potential output
More plausible implications for flex prices and wages economy
Caveat: all ME, extreme assumption
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Robustness
MLE
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Robustness
MLE
Labor supply shocks (persistent)
Gap even closer to HP, CBO
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Robustness
MLE
Labor supply shocks (persistent)
Gap even closer to HP, CBO
Larger model with endogenous capital accumulation
and additional propagation mechanisms
CEE (2005), Smets and Wouters (2007)
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Gap in Model with Capital
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Conclusions
Potential output is smooth
Inefficient business cycles
Natural output is implausibly volatile
Casts doubts on structural interpretation of innovations in price
and wage Phillips curves
Alternative interpretation that fits data as well
Shocks to Phillips curves are not structural
No distinction between natural and potential output
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Additional material
1. Hours measures
2. How inefficient are business cycles in a model with K?
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1. Hours
“Standard” (NFBS/+16)
Francis and Ramey (total/22-64)
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2. BC decomposition in a model with K
gap
BC potential
HP
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2. BC decomposition in a model with K (hours)
gap
BC potential
HP