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) communication on asset prices (stock prices, gilt yields and interest rate futures) from 1999-2023. We extend MPC communication to … communication leads to greater asset price volatility than simple and clear communication. Central banks that want to avoid … monetary policy communication, the previous literature has disregarded an important source of variation in asset prices. …
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) communication on asset prices (stock prices, gilt yields and interest rate futures) from 1999-2023. We extend MPC communication to … communication leads to greater asset price volatility than simple and clear communication. Central banks that want to avoid … monetary policy communication, the previous literature has disregarded an important source of variation in asset prices …
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This paper investigates the financial market effects of the ECB's communication on the Pandemic Emergency Purchase … Programme (PEPP). Using data for 10 euro area countries, we first analyse the impact of different communication channels such as … whether spreads react differently to communication by specific ECB Executive Board members. Markets turn out to be sensitive …
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We study the effects of central bank communication about financial stability on individuals’ expectations and risk …-taking. Using a randomized information experiment, we show that communication causally affects individuals’ beliefs and investment … behavior, consistent with an expectations channel of financial stability communication. Individuals receiving a warning from …
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This paper uses event study analysis to estimate the impact of the United States Federal Reserve Bank’s (Fed) quantitative easing (QE) announcements on the mortgage market during the zero lower bound (ZLB) period. A total of 35 QE announcements are identified and their effects are evaluated....
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We estimate the impact of the ECB's announcement of the extended asset purchase programme (EAPP) on 22 January 2015 on global equity prices, bond yields and the euro exchange rate. We find that the EAPP announcement benefited global financial markets by boosting equity prices in the euro area...
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This paper documents that ECB announcements increase the stock market volatility in the euro area (EA) on the same day. I consider two volatility measures from January 1998 to May 2019. First, a realized volatility measure uses intraday data for 8 different stock market indices. Second, a range...
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Statements released by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and congressional testimony by Chairman Greenspan are found to significantly affect market interest rates, indicating that central bank talk conveys important information to market participants. These effects arise not only because...
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This paper analyzes the reaction of interest rates and the stock market to macroeconomic news announcements (MNAs) at the zero lower bound (ZLB). I start by using a shadow rate term structure model to formulate three predictions for the sensitivity of interest rates to MNAs. First,...
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As part of its response to the global banking crisis and a sharp downturn in domestic economic prospects, the Bank of England' s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) began a programme of large-scale asset purchases (commonly referred to as quantitative easing or QE) in March 2009, with the aim of...
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