Country

#Breaks

Natural rate estimates by period:

Australia

3

Timing

1955-1974

1975-1982

1983-1998

1999-2011

NR (%)

2.1

5.9

8.6

5.5

Austria

3

Timing

1955-1960

1961-1981

1982-1995

1996-2011

NR (%)

2.6

1.5

3.6

4.3

Belgium

1

Timing

1955-1975

1976-2011

NR (%)

2.5

8.3

Canada

2

Timing

1955-1976

1977-1997

1998-2011

NR (%)

5.4

9.4

7.2

Denmark

3

Timing

1955-1974

1975-1980

1981-1996

1997-2011

NR (%)

1.9

5.0

7.2

5.1

Finland

4

Timing

1955-1975

1976-1991

1992-1997

1998-2004

2005-2011

NR (%)

1.8

4.8

14.5

9.6

7.7

France

2

Timing

1955-1975

1976-1983

1984-2011

NR (%)

1.8

5.4

9.3

W. Germany

3

Timing

1955-1960

1961-1974

1975-1981

1982-2011

NR (%)

2.8

0.8

3.6

6.0

Ireland

3

Timing

1955-1981

1982-1997

1998-2005

2006-2011

NR (%)

6.1

14.3

4.9

9.4

Italy

4

Timing

1955-1960

1961-1981

1982-1993

1994-2000

2001-2011

NR(%)

6.9

4.5

8.7

10.9

7.8

Japan

4

Timing

1955-1960

1961-1974

1975-1982

1983-1997

1998-2011

NR (%)

2.1

1.3

2.1

2.7

4.6

Netherlands

4

Timing

1955-1973

1974-1980

1981-1986

1987-1997

1998-2011

NR (%)

1.0

3.6

7.3

5.8

3.9

New Zealand

4

Timing

1955-1980

1981-1988

1989-1994

1995-2000

2001-2011

NR (%)

0.4

4.6

9.1

6.7

4.9

Norway

3

Timing

1955-1981

1982-1988

1989-1996

1997-2011

NR (%)

2.0

2.7

5.3

3.5

Spain

2

Timing

1955-1979

1980-1998

1999-2011

NR (%)

2.8

16.9

12.8

Sweden

2

Timing

1955-1991

1992-1998

1999-2011

NR (%)

2.2

8.6

6.9

Switzerland

2

Timing

1955-1982

1983-1991

1991-2011

NR (%)

0.5

2.1

3.7

UK

4

Timing

1955-1974

1975-1980

1981-1987

1988-1996

1997-2011

NR (%)

2.4

4.9

10.4

8.5

5.9

US

2

Timing

1955-1974

1975-1986

1987-2011

NR (%)

5.0

7.6

5.9