.S. economy, implying significantly positive real term and inflation risk bond premia. In contrast to previous literature, both …-rule responses to inflation (output) increase (decrease) both premia, while policy surprises generate negligible risk premia …

This paper examines two candidate hypotheses explaining the stabilization of U.S. inflation since the 1970s and 1980s …. The first explanation credits the stabilization of inflation expectations, and assumes those expectations have a strong … positive causal effect on actual subsequent inflation, while the second explanation credits the disappearance of such a strong …