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In this paper, we study the role played by central bank communication in monetary policy transmission. We employ the Swiss Economic Institute’s Monetary Policy Communicator to measure the future stance of the European Central Bank’s monetary policy. Our results indicate, first, that...
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We analyze the influence of US monetary policy on commodity price volatility. Expected target rate changes and communications decrease volatility, whereas target rate surprises and unorthodox measures increase it. The “calming” effect of communication is reduced during the financial crisis.
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In this paper, we analyze the determinants of US monetary policy stance as expressed in speeches by Federal Reserve (Fed) officials over the period January 1998–September 2009. Econometrically, we use a probit model with regional and national macroeconomic variables to explain the content of...
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In this paper, we study the influence of central bank transparency and informal central bank communication on the …, first, that transparency reduces the bias in money market expectations and dampens their variation. Second, informal … the Eijffinger and Geraats (2006) transparency index lead to a smaller bias in expectations (in particular, evaluation of …
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