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Monetary Policy Communication Shocks and the Macroeconomy

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  • Goodhead, Robert

    (Central Bank of Ireland)

  • Kolb, Benedikt

    (Deutsche Bundesbank)

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Using federal funds futures data, we show the importance of suprise communication as a component of monetary policy for U.S. macro variables, both before and after 2008. We distinguish between monetary policy action and "communication shocks" (suprise announcements about future policy moves) by decomposing futures price movements across contract maturities. Our results indicate that it is mainly communication shocks- as opposed to actual rate-change suprises- that affect production in the ways traditionally associated with monetary policy shocks between 1994 and 2008. Covering the zero-lower bound period using Eurodollar futures, we find strong effects of long-horizon communication on inflation.

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  • Goodhead, Robert & Kolb, Benedikt, 2018. "Monetary Policy Communication Shocks and the Macroeconomy," Research Technical Papers 15/RT/18, Central Bank of Ireland.
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    Keywords

    Federal Funds Futures; FOMC; Monetary Policy; VAR Model;
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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
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models

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