Over the last two decades, communication has become an increasingly important aspect of monetary policy. These real …-world developments have spawned a huge new scholarly literature on central bank communication —mostly empirical, and almost all of it … written in this decade. We survey this evergrowing literature. The evidence suggests that communication can be an important …

Svensson (2006). First, the paper finds that the precision of communication is a key determinant of the predictability of both … FOMC decisions as well as the future policy path. Second, the effectiveness of communication is found to depend on the … communication to be flexible and adjust to market conditions in order for central banks to achieve their ultimate objectives. …

The paper assesses the communication strategies of the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the European Central … Bank and their effectiveness. We find that the effectiveness of communication is not independent from the decisionmaking … process in the committee. The paper shows that the Federal Reserve has been pursuing a rather individualistic communication …

such communication has the ability to move financial markets. The findings suggest that communication is generally seen as … so prior to interest rate changes. At the same time, markets react more strongly to communication prior to policy changes …. Other instances where communication becomes more intense, or where financial markets become more responsive are also …

financial market volatility after FOMC meetings. Finally, Fed communication may exert an influence on forecast accuracy. …

during the 2007-10 financial crisis. The findings suggest that financial stability communication by central banks are … perceived by markets to contain relevant information, and they underline the importance of differentiating between communication …

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. …

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. …

to revert to other types of Fed communication in the inter-meeting periods, and come to their own assessment of the …

Despite substantial differences in monetary policy and communication strategies, many central banks share the practice … of purdah, a self-imposed guideline of abstaining from communication around policy meetings or other important events … information precisely when it is sought after intensely. However, imposing such a limit to communication has often been justified …