I study the impact of quantitative easing by the FED on the prices of internationally traded and dollar denominated commodities (oil) and precious metals (gold, silver, platinum and palladium). Finite distributed lag models suggest that the long run multipliers in regressions of the log of...

This paper examines the intraday changes of gold and crude oil implied volatility around the release of FOMC statements. We find that monetary policy releases lead to intraday uncertainty resolution in these commodity markets. The resolution of uncertainty is stronger after announcements...