paper aims at explaining the high volatility of long-term interest rates observed in the data, which is hard to replicate … volatility puzzle. Second, the paper aims at shedding new light on the distinction between rules and discretion in monetary …

Epstein-Zin preferences to study the volatility implications of a monetary policy shock. An unexpected increases in the policy … rate by 150 basis points causes output and inflation volatility to rise around 10% above their steady-state standard … deviations. VAR based empirical results support the model implications that contractionary shocks increase volatility. The …

paper aims at explaining the high volatility of long-term interest rates observed in the data, which is hard to replicate … volatility puzzle. Second, the paper aims at shedding new light on the distinction between rules and discretion in monetary …

We develop a VAR that allows the estimation of the impact of monetary policy shocks on volatility. Estimates for the US … suggest that an increase in the policy rate by 1% is associated with a rise in unemployment and inflation volatility of about … these volatility effects are driven by the coexistence of agents' fears of unemployment and concerns about the (in) ability …

This paper studies the effects of FOMC communication on U.S. financial markets’ returns and volatility using a GARCH … and volatility is larger if the communication channel is more formal. However, since speeches happen much more often than …

equity market returns and volatility over the period 1998–2006. First, both types of news have a significant impact on market … reports lowers price volatility. Finally, American emerging markets react more to U.S. news than non-American markets …