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This paper examines the role of central bank governors in monetary policy decisions taken by a committee. To carry out this analysis, we constructed a novel dataset of committee voting behaviour for six OECD countries for up to three decades. Using a range of Taylor-rule specifications, we show...
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We study how different forms of communication influence the inflation expectations of individuals in a randomized …
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After the financial crisis of 2008, central banks around the world have increased their communication efforts to reach … role of narratives and preferences and lastly, we survey the research on causal effects of central bank communication on …
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Do firms' and consumers' expectations react to central bank announcements? Past literature has come to divergent conclusions, but it has systematically ignored how media treat the announcements. This paper investigates the link between monetary policy announcements and expectations by taking...
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central bank actions. We examine whether communication by the European Central Bank (ECB) adds information compared to the … ECB communication that are all based on the ECB President's introductory statement at the press conference following an … included in our Taylor rule model, the ECB communication indicators remain significant. -- ECB ; central bank ; communication …
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Transparency has become one of the main features of monetary policymaking during the last decade. This paper establishes some stylized facts. In addition, it provides a systematic overview of the practice of monetary policy transparency around the world. It shows much diversity in information...
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This paper surveys the literature on the role and effects of central bank communication with the general public … "communication revolution" in central bank communication. The challenges for central bank communication with the public are outlined … evaluate the effects of direct communication, distinguishing between challenges to getting the attention of the public and …
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We construct a slope factor from changes in federal funds futures of different horizons. Slope predicts stock returns at the weekly frequency: faster monetary policy easing positively predicts excess returns. Investors can achieve increases in weekly Sharpe ratios of 20% conditioning on the...
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