How is the long-run Phillips curve characterized at the equilibrium unemployment rate?

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The long-run Phillips curve is vertical at the equilibrium (or natural) rate of unemployment, indicating that in the long run, there is no trade-off between inflation and unemployment.

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How is the long-run Phillips curve characterized at the equilibrium unemployment rate?

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