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The Financial Market Effects of the Federal Reserve's Large-Scale Asset Purchases

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  • Joseph Gagnon

    (Peterson Institutet for International Economics)

  • Matthew Raskin

    (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

  • Julie Remache

    (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

  • Brian Sack

    (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

Abstract

Since December 2008, the Federal Reserve’s traditional policy instrument, the target federal funds rate, has been effectively at its lower bound of zero. In order to further ease the stance of monetary policy as the economic outlook deteriorated, the Federal Reserve purchased substantial quantities of assets with medium and long maturities. In this paper, we explain how these purchases were implemented and discuss the mechanisms through which they can affect the economy. We present evidence that the purchases led to economically meaningful and long-lasting reductions in longer-term interest rates on a range of securities, including securities that were not included in the purchase programs. These reductions in interest rates primarily reflect lower risk premiums, including term premiums, rather than lower expectations of future short-term interest rates.

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Article provided by International Journal of Central Banking in its journal International Journal of Central Banking.

Volume (Year): 7 (2011)
Issue (Month): 1 (March)
Pages: 3-43

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Handle: RePEc:ijc:ijcjou:y:2011:q:1:a:1

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  1. LuisM. Viceira & John Y. Campbell, 2001. "Who Should Buy Long-Term Bonds?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 91(1), pages 99-127, March.
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  1. John C. Williams, 2011. "The outlook for the economy and monetary policy," Speech, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue July 28.
  2. Fricke, Christoph, 2012. "Expected and unexpected bond excess returns: Macroeconomic and market microstructure effects," Diskussionspapiere der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Leibniz Universität Hannover dp-493, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät.
  3. Christiane Baumeister & Luca Benati, 2012. "Unconventional Monetary Policy and the Great Recession: Estimating the Macroeconomic Effects of a Spread Compression at the Zero Lower Bound," Working Papers 12-21, Bank of Canada.
  4. Carlo Rosa, 2013. "The high-frequency response of energy prices to monetary policy: understanding the empirical evidence," Staff Reports 598, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  5. Tamim Bayoumi & Trung Bui, 2011. "Unforeseen Events Wait Lurking: Estimating Policy Spillovers From U.S. To Foreign Asset Prices," IMF Working Papers 11/183, International Monetary Fund.
  6. Michael Joyce & David Miles & Andrew Scott & Dimitri Vayanos, 2012. "Quantitative Easing and Unconventional Monetary Policy – an Introduction," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 122(564), pages F271-F288, November.
  7. Christopher Martin & Costas Milas, 2012. "Quantitative easing: a sceptical survey," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 28(4), pages 750-764, WINTER.
  8. Carlo Rosa, 2012. "How "unconventional" are large-scale asset purchases? The impact of monetary policy on asset prices," Staff Reports 560, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  9. Reuven Glick & Sylvain Leduc, 2011. "Are large-scale asset purchases fueling the rise in commodity prices?," FRBSF Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue Apr 4.
  10. Canlin Li & Min Wei, 2012. "Term structure modelling with supply factors and the Federal Reserve's Large Scale Asset Purchase programs," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2012-37, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).

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