Monetary policy has changed in a number of ways in the last two decades. Along with other characteristics, modern monetary policy is forward-looking and today central banks, to maintain credibility, respond contemporaneously to structural shocks that might make inflation deviate from the target...

Monetary policy has changed in a number of ways during the last two decades . Along with the other characteristics, modern monetary policy is forward-looking, and the central banks respond contemporaneously to structural shocks that are expected to make inflation deviate from the future targets....