Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policymakers have published macroeconomic forecasts since 1979 and we examine the effects of FOMC inflation forecasts using a structural VAR model. First, we assess whether they influence private inflation expectations. Second, we investigate the underlying...

Faced with a potential zero lower bound on deposit interest rates, how do banks pass onthe fall in net interest income due to negative interest rates? This paper aims to investigatethe different channels of banks’ responses to negative interest rates using a detailedbreakdown of the profit and...

Faced with a potential zero lower bound on deposit interest rates, how do banks pass on thefall in net interest income due to negative interest rates? This paper aims to investigate thedifferent channels of banks’ responses to negative interest rates using a detailed breakdownof the profit and...