The case begins with some kinks in recent data. Rising GDP has not led to the fall in unemployment predicted by Okun’s Law, established in the 1960s by Arthur Okun, an economist.

这一担忧源于最近一些反常的数据：上升的GDP并没有降低失业率，这有违奥肯定律（20世纪60年代经济学家阿瑟奥肯得出）。

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Rising GDP has not led to the fall in unemployment predicted by Okun's Law, established in the 1960s by Arthur Okun, an economist.

GDP增长没有像奥肯定律(该定律由经济学家阿瑟·奥肯于20世纪60年代提出)所言的那样，带来失业率降低。

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But it has risen more during this recession than most formulations of Okun's Law would suggest.

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This is at odds with what economists refer to as Okun's law, a rough but empirically regular connection between changes in GDP and changes in unemployment.

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Even so, Michael Feroli, an economist at JPMorgan Chase, says that Okun's Law would have predicted an unemployment rate of just 8.6% during the second quarter, whereas it actually averaged 9.3%.

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