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Does the term structure predict recessions? The international evidence

✍ Scribed by Henri Bernard; Stefan Gerlach

Book ID
101284953
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
479 KB
Volume
3
Category
Article
ISSN
1076-9307

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✦ Synopsis

Following Estrella and Hardouvelis (1991) and Estrella and Mishkin (1995a,b), we study the ability of the term structure to predict recessions in eight countries. The results are fourfold. First, the yield curve predicts future recessions in all countries. Second, term spreads forecast recessions as much as 2 years ahead. Third, while German and US spreads are frequently significant in the regressions for the other countries, the added information is limited except in Japan and the UK. Fourth, while leading indicators contain information beyond that in term spreads, this information is only useful for forecasting recessions in the immediate future. These findings provide further evidence of the potential usefulness of term spreads as indicators for monetary policy purposes.

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