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Interest Rate Targeting and the Dynamics of Short-Term Rates

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Balduzzi, Pierluigi, et al

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A feature of U.S. monetary policy has been active targeting of overnight fed funds rates. The authors show that, during a period of tight targeting (1989-96), term fed funds spreads from the target displayed pronounced volatility and persistence, which increase with the maturity of the loan. They show that the increase in persistence is consistent with a model of infrequent, but predictable, revisions of the target. In the authors' model, the (autoco-)variance of the spreads of term fed funds rates from the target increases with the maturity because longer-term rates reflect persistent expectations of the next target change. Coauthors are Giuseppe Bertola, Silverio Foresi, and Leora Klapper.

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Article provided by Blackwell Publishing in its journal Journal of Money, Credit and Banking.

Volume (Year): 30 (1998)
Issue (Month): 1 (February)
Pages: 26-50
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