Beginning with an assessment of new thinking in macroeconomics and monetary theory, this book suggests that many countries have adopted the New Consensus Monetary Policy since the early 1990s in an attempt to reduce inflation to low levels. It goes on to illustrate that the explicit control of...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- 1 The Phillips Curve in Historical Context -- 2 Fifty Years of the Phillips Curve -- 3 Forecasting Inflation -- 4 The Labor Market and the Phillips Curve -- 5 Inflation Expectations -- 6 Evidence on Price Determination -- 7 Is the Phillips...