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Theory predicts that the equilibrium real interest rate, r*t, and the perceived trend in inflation, ð*t, are key …*t substantially increases the accuracy of long-range interest rate forecasts, helps predict excess bond returns, improves estimates of …
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curve. Most importantly, variation in yield skewness has substantial forecasting power for future bond excess returns, high …
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Macroeconomic news announcements are elaborate and multi-dimensional. We consider a framework in which jumps in asset prices around macroeconomic news and monetary policy announcements reflect both the response to observed surprises in headline numbers and latent factors, reflecting other...
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This paper is concerned with empirical and theoretical basis of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH). The paper begins with an overview of the statistical properties of asset returns at different frequencies (daily, weekly and monthly), and considers the evidence on return predictability, risk...
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We examine the asymmetric impact of shocks to macroeconomic expectations and their underlying dispersion on equity risk premia across different market regimes. First, we rely on a two-state logit mixture vector autoregressive model and use Consensus Economics survey data on GDP growth,...
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The empirical literature of stock market predictability mainly suffers from model uncertainty and parameter instability. To meet this challenge, we propose a novel approach that combines the documented merits of diffusion indices, regime-switching models, and forecast combination to predict the...
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green bond returns and volatilities. On the whole, the evidence suggests weaker linkages, and thus a lower degree of …
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Asset prices are a valuable source of information about financial market participants.expectations about key macroeconomic variables. However, the presence of time-varying risk premia requires an adjustment of market prices to obtain the market’s rational assessment of future price and policy...
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This paper analyses persistence and non-linearities in quarterly and monthly US Treasury 10-year bond yields over the …
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Were government bond risk premia affected by the media in addition to the effects of major events? Revisiting the … European debt crisis, we analyze the role of television news in the rise and re-convergence of GIIPS bond spreads vis … stability and “international financial support” to distressed countries in reducing bond spreads. Moreover, weekend news enables …
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