The Policy Anticipation Hypothesis: Evidence from the Federal Funds Futures Market
โ Scribed by John D. Burger
- Book ID
- 111743560
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 260 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1074-3529
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๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
This study analyzes the impact of monetary policy actions on credit spreads of various rating categories and maturities, using federal funds futures to distinguish between anticipated and unanticipated changes in the federal funds rate. Two proxies for monetary policy shocks are the surprise change
The Federal funds rate is also an ingredient in marc sophisticated measures of monetary policy as described in Bernankc and Mihov (1995) and Strongin (1995). Those measures also incorporate the volumc of nonborrowed and total reserves. 2See, for example, McGee (1995).