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The Term Structure of Monetary Policy News

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  • Jonathan J Adams

    (Department of Economics, University of Florida)

  • Philip Barrett

    (International Monetary Fund)

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Empirical monetary policy shocks (EMPS) contain information about monetary policy both today and in the future. We define the term structure of monetary policy news as the marginal impact of an EMPS on the policy residual at each horizon. Policy news at different horizons has different effects, so knowing the term structure is necessary in order to use an EMPS to evaluate theory. We develop an IV method to estimate this term structure. We find that most EMPS in the literature convey more information about policy in future than in the present, but there is substantial heterogeneity. We use the estimated term structures to construct synthetic forward guidance and surprise shocks, and estimate their macroeconomic effects. Surprise interest rate hikes exhibit an "output puzzle", but forward guidance about future rate increases is deeply contractionary.

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  • Jonathan J Adams & Philip Barrett, 2025. "The Term Structure of Monetary Policy News," Working Papers 001017, University of Florida, Department of Economics.
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    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy

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