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Monetary Policy Spillovers across the Pacific when Interest Rates Are at the Zero Lower Bound

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  • Edda Claus

    (Wilfrid Laurier University and CAMA Wilfrid Laurier University)

  • Iris Claus

    (International Monetary Fund and University of Waikato)

  • Leo Krippner

    (Reserve Bank of New Zealand and CAMA Reserve Bank of New Zealand)

Abstract

To conduct monetary policy effectively, central banks need to understand the transmission of monetary policy into financial markets. In this paper we investigate the effects of Japanese and U.S. monetary policy shocks on their own asset markets, and the spillovers into each other's markets. Because short-term nominal interest rates have been effectively zero in Japan since January 1998 and in the United States from late 2008, however, monetary policy shocks cannot be quantified by considering observable changes in short-term market interest rates. Therefore, in our analysis we use a shadow short rate?a quantitative measure of overall conventional and unconventional monetary policy that is estimated from the term structure of interest rates. Our results suggest that the operation of monetary policy at the zero lower bound of interest rates alters the transmission of shocks. In particular, we find a limited response of exchange rates during the first episode of unconventional monetary policy in Japan but a significant impact since 2006.

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  • Edda Claus & Iris Claus & Leo Krippner, 2016. "Monetary Policy Spillovers across the Pacific when Interest Rates Are at the Zero Lower Bound," Asian Economic Papers, MIT Press, vol. 15(3), pages 1-27, Fall.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:asiaec:v:15:y:2016:i:3:p:1-27
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