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The Norges Bank’s key rate projections and the news element of monetary policy: a wavelet based jump detection approach

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This paper investigates the information content of the Norges Bank’s key rate projections. Wavelet spectrum estimates provide the basis for estimating jump probabilities of short- and long-term interest rates on monetary policy announcement days before and after the introduction of key rate projections. The behavior of short-term interest rates reveals that key rate projections have only little effects on market’s forecasting ability of current target rate changes. In contrast, longer-term interest rates indicate that the announcement of key rate projections has significantly reduced market participants’ revisions of the expected future policy path. Therefore, the announcement of key rate projections further improves central bank communication.

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  • Lars Winkelmann, 2010. "The Norges Bank’s key rate projections and the news element of monetary policy: a wavelet based jump detection approach," SFB 649 Discussion Papers SFB649DP2010-062, Sonderforschungsbereich 649, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Central bank communication; interest rate projections; wavelets; jump probabilities;
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    JEL classification:

    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General

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