W.S. Reece (5) has commented on our recent study in this Journal (2) in which we attempted to compare a more comprehensive measure of excess demand for labour in the UK manufacturing sector and then applied the resulting series to help explain money wage inflation. Whilst agreeing with our...

Whilst it is generally agreed that the key determinant of the current money wage inflation is anticipated increases in prices, there remains a significant role for excess demand variables. Many of the studies on inflation which have appeared following the original expositions of the Phillips...