We analyze several identification frameworks based on operating procedures to measure monetary policy in a small open economy. We use a two-stage non-recursive VAR model to identify monetary shocks. We construct then various overall monetary policy indicators based on different residuals...

This paper studies whether financial variables per se should matter for monetary policy. Earlier consensus view -using financial amplification models with disturbances that have no direct effect on credit market conditions- suggests that financial variables should not be assigned an independent...

Jarocinski and Karadi (2020) disentangle a pure information from the interest rate component of monetary policy surprises. This note quantifies the information revealed in FOMC announcements using forecast revisions from Blue Chip Economic Indicators. In response to a positive central bank...