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Understanding the term structure of interest rates

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This article was originally presented as a speech to the Money Marketeers, New York, New York, June 14, 2005.

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  • William Poole, 2005. "Understanding the term structure of interest rates," Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, vol. 87(Sep), pages 589-596.
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    2. Matteo Deleidi & Enrico Sergio Levrero, 2021. "Monetary policy and long‐term interest rates: Evidence from the U.S. economy," Metroeconomica, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 72(1), pages 121-147, February.
    3. Harm Bandholz & Jorg Clostermann & Franz Seitz, 2009. "Explaining the US bond yield conundrum," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(7), pages 539-550.
    4. Tripe, David & Xia, Bingru & Roberts, Leigh, 2011. "Can implied forward mortgage rates predict future mortgage rates - recent New Zealand experience," Working Paper Series 1986, Victoria University of Wellington, School of Economics and Finance.
    5. Tripe, David & Xia, Bingru & Roberts, Leigh, 2011. "Can implied forward mortgage rates predict future mortgage rates - recent New Zealand experience," Working Paper Series 18604, Victoria University of Wellington, School of Economics and Finance.
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    7. Azar, Samih Antoine, 2010. "Testing the Expectations Hypothesis on Corporate Bond Yields," Review of Applied Economics, Lincoln University, Department of Financial and Business Systems, vol. 6(1-2), pages 1-11, April.
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    9. Levrero, Enrico Sergio & Deleidi, Matteo, 2019. "The causal relationship between short- and long-term interest rates: an empirical assessment of the United States," MPRA Paper 93608, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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