01647cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007629 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451839579 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. United States : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999. 1 online resource (107 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper on the United States analyzes the measures of potential output, natural rate of unemployment, and capacity utilization. Traditionally, measures of resource utilization have been used as indicators for the potential build-up of inflation pressures, and hence as guides for the formulation of macroeconomic policy. The paper highlights that the most commonly used indicators of resource utilization in the United States are the output gap, the employment gap, and capacity utilization in industry. The paper also analyzes the wage and price determination and productivity trends in the United States. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1999/101 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1999/101/002.1999.issue-101-en.xml IMF e-Library