The New Keynesian Phillips Curve: From Sticky Inflation to Sticky Prices

Chengsi Zhang, Denise Osborn and Dong Heon Kim ()

No 715, Discussion Paper Series from Institute of Economic Research, Korea University

Abstract: The New Keynesian Phillips Curve model of inflation dynamics based on forward-looking expectations is of great theoretical significance in monetary policy analysis. Empirical studies, however, often find that backward-looking inflation inertia dominates the dynamics of the short-run aggregate supply curve. This inconsistency is examined by investigating multiple structural changes in the NKPC for the US between 1960 and 2005, employing both inflation expectations survey data and a rational expectations approximation. We find that forward-looking behavior plays a smaller role during the high and volatile inflation regime to 1981 than in the subsequent period of moderate inflation, providing empirical support for sticky price models over the last two decades. A break in the intercept of the NKPC is also identified around 2001 and this may be associated with US monetary policy in that period.

Keywords: New Keynesian Phillips Curve; inflation survey forecasts; sticky prices; structural breaks; monetary policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E31 E37 E52 E58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2007
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