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. This article surveys a rapidly-growing literature on central bank communication with the public. We first discuss why and … how such communication is more challenging than communicating with expert audiences. Then we survey the empirical evidence …
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In this paper, we analyze whether central bank communication can be an additional tool to provide guidance on monetary … prices down (up). Overall, our analysis suggests that communication may be a complementary and effective monetary policy tool …
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Central banks around the world have a reputation for being secretive about their operations and market assessments. It is sometimes argued that central banks need flexibility and therefore cannot be fully transparent. We find that this explanation does not carry through in a forward-looking New...
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This paper employs text-mining techniques to analyse the communication strategy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN … (MPC) represents an important tool of central bank communication, we construct a corpus based on 87 policy communiques with … readability, sentiments, and topics of the policy documents. While the CBN’s communication has increased substantially over the …
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The study explores how central bank communication affects the movement of exchange rates. The paper constructs … central bank communication into a variety of topics. The results indicate that EUR-USD responds most strongly to topics of …
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Central bank communication plays a crucial role in the conduct of monetary policy, yet the research on central bank … communication, while growing, is still scarce. In this paper, we analyze the communication reaction function of the European Central … policy and communication reaction function models, as suggested by recent literature. The topics are extracted using Latent …
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We quantify the informational content of statements issued by the interest-rate setting committee of the Central Bank of Brazil (COPOM), building on the methodology developed by Lucca and Trebbi (2011). Using Google search queries, we measure the extent to which each COPOM statement is perceived...
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by Board members. Nevertheless, media coverage of Fed president speeches is more likely if central bank communication is …
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Central banks have intensified their communication with non-experts - an endeavour which some have argued is bound to … fail. This paper studies English and German Twitter traffic about the ECB to understand whether its communication is … received by non-experts and how it affects their views. It shows that Twitter traffic is responsive to ECB communication, also …
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This paper discusses the evolution of central bank communication, focusing on recent efforts by central banks to engage … analyzing Twitter content by and about monetary policy makers can inform about the effectiveness of communication in influencing … communication affects expectations and, subsequently, behavior in financial markets …
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