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Monetary policy predictability in the euro area: an international comparison

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Bjørn-Roger Wilhelmsen () (Norges Bank, Bankplassen 2, 0107 Oslo, Norway)
Andrea Zaghini () (Banca d’Italia, Servizio Studi, Via Nazionale 91, 00184 Roma, Italy)

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The paper evaluates the ability of market participants to anticipate monetary policy decisions in the euro area and in 13 other countries. First, by looking at the magnitude and the volatility of the changes in the money market rates we show that the days of policy meetings are special days for financial markets. Second, we find that the predictability of the ECB’s monetary policy is fully comparable (and sometimes slightly better) to that of the FED and the Bank of England. Finally, an econometric analysis of the ability of market participants to incorporate in the current money rates the expected changes in the key policy rate shows that in the euro area policy decisions are anticipated well in advance.

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Paper provided by European Central Bank in its series Working Paper Series with number 504.

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Keywords: Monetary policy; Predictability; Money market rates.;

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E4 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates
E5 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit
G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets

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