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This paper studies uncertainty using the ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters' data. We consider both inflation and … are based on subjective probability distributions of survey respondents. Our analysis indicates that individual inflation … inflation uncertainty has a negative impact on economic activity by decreasing output growth and increasing inflation and …
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We provide evidence on the effect of the slope of the yield curve on economic activity through bank lending. Using detailed data on banks' lending activities coupled with term premium shocks identified using high-frequency event study or instrumental variables, we show that a steeper yield curve...
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Expectations are at the centre of modern macroeconomic theory and policymakers. In this paper, we examine the …
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We use TVP models and real-time data to describe the evolution of the leading properties of the yield spread for output growth in five European economies and in the US over the last decades and until the third quarter of 2010. We evaluate the predictive performance of benchmark term-structure...
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The slope of the Treasury yield curve has often been cited as a leading economic indicator, with inversion of the curve being thought of as a harbinger of a recession. In this paper, I consider a number of probit models using the yield curve to forecast recessions. Models that use both the level...
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The ability of term spread to forecast U.S. output growth could be improved by two ways: (i) Combining with the Harrod-Domar variable - net saving as a percentage of gross national income - that used to proxy for aggregate supply; and (ii) Using a system of simultaneous equations, in which U.S....
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policy on output in an intertemporal Euler equation. We show that including a short-term interest rate and inflation in the … and inflation are difficult to interpret using a standard macroeconomic framework. A decomposition of the yield spread … inflation as predictors. We provide a possible structural interpretation of these results by allowing for time-varying risk …
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predictions of the theory. The real interest rate should exceed the growth rate in the long run. This hierarchy has important … consequences on the public finances. The Solow-Ramsey-Cass model fits better to the data than the endogenous growth theory …
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fiscal theory. The government's debt valuation equation links convenience yields to inflation and taxation which affects the …This paper investigates the implications of convenience yields for inflation and long-term growth in a model of the … incentives to innovate. Convenience yields affect inflation through a standard seignorage channel as well as through a novel …
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The recent macro-finance yield curve literature does not agree neither about term premia empirical properties nor about the importance or even the direction of its relationship with future economic activity. This paper proposes a two-step approach to handle both problems. First, in a VAR...
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