Gnan, Phillipp; Schleritzko, Maximilian; Schmeling, Maik; … - 2022
We decipher monetary policy shocks by directly connecting them to the stance a central bank expresses in its … communication about different topics. To measure topic-specific central bank stances, we apply textual analysis techniques to press … conference statements of the European Central Bank (ECB). Using three sets of shocks established in the literature, based on …