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Regime switches in Swedish interest rates

Erlandsson, Ulf G. (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Long-Term Interest Rate Convergence in Europe and the Probability of EMU

Angeloni, Ignazio; Violi, Roberto - 2008

Using a simple method, based on forward interest spreads, we analyse the recent movements in the 10-year yield differentials between three currencies (Italian lira; Spanish peseta; Swedish krona) and the DM in order to gauge the extent to which the reduction in these differentials was due to...

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What Calls to ARMs? International Evidence on Interest Rates and the Choice of Adjustable-Rate Mortgages

Badarinza, Cristian - 2016

The relative popularity of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) and fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) varies considerably both across countries and over time. We ask how movements in current and expected future interest rates affect the share of ARMs in total mortgage issuance. Using a nine-country panel...

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Forward Guidance

Svensson, Lars E. O. - 2014

Forward guidance about future policy settings, in the form of a published policy-rate path, has for many years been a natural part of normal monetary policy for several central banks, including the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the Swedish Riksbank. More recently, the Federal Reserve has...

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The "Austerity Myth" : Gain Without Pain?

Perotti, Roberto - 2011

Eurozone countries today) and two - Finland and Sweden - after floating the currency.All four episodes were associated with an … occurred because the sterling coincidentally appreciated. In Finland and Sweden the currency experienced an extremely large …

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The 'Austerity Myth' : Gain Without Pain?

Perotti, Roberto - 2014

- Finland and Sweden - after floating the currency. All four fiscal episodes were associated with an expansion; but only in … sterling coincidentally appreciated. In Finland and Sweden the currency experienced an extremely large depreciation after … wage negotiation process. In Finland and Sweden, the adoption of inflation targeting at the same time of the consolidation …

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What Calls to Arms? International Evidence on Interest Rates and the Choice of Adjustable-Rate Mortgages

Badarinza, Cristian - 2014

The relative popularity of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) and fixed-rate mort- gages (FRMs) varies considerably both across countries and over time. We ask how movements in current and expected future interest rates affect the share of ARMs in total mortgage issuance. Using a nine-country...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048590

Working Paper 94/114 Estimating and interpreting Forward interest Rates : Sweden 1992-1994

International Monetary Fund - 1994

The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and...

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Why are Real Interest Rates so High?

Bodie, Zvi; Kane, Alex; McDonald, Robert L. - 2021

This paper applies the Capital Asset Pricing Model to help explain the anomalous behavior of real interest rates during the last several years. Specifically,we are able to show that the increased volatility of bond prices since the change in Federal Reserve operating procedure in October 1979...

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The effect of the zero lower bound, forward guidance and unconventional monetary policy on interest rate sensitivity to economic news in Sweden

Moessner, Richhild; Haan, Jakob de; Jansen, David-Jan - 2014

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