Using a number of maturities of up to one year and weekly high quality data on U.K. certificate of deposit rates, 1975-92, the authors provide a variety of tests of the expectations hypothesis of the term structure. Their results appear to give more support to the expectations hypothesis than do...

A forward looking model of the demand for M1, based on minimizing multiperiod quadratic costs, is derived. The dynamic response of the demand for money differs depending on whether shocks are anticipated or unanticipated. The restrictions implicit in the forward model are tested and the model is...