Inflation fell from 11 percent in 1979 to 3 percent in 1983, and
unemployment returned to normal levels.
Not exact matches
While the labor market has
returned to more
normal levels, with the
unemployment rate at around 5.1 percent, overall hiring has remained weak, per the most recent Department of Labor jobs reports.
The
unemployment rate should decline
to 8.8 percent by the end of 2011 and average 8.6 percent next year,
returning to a
normal level of 6 percent around 2015.
However, he said it would take four
to five years for the labor market
to return to normal unemployment levels.