Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/153091 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 657
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
We analyse high-frequency changes in the euro area money market yield curve on dates when the ECB regularly sets and communicates decisions on policy interest rates to construct different indicators of monetary policy news relating to policy decisions and to central bank communication. The indicators show that ECB communication during the press conference may result in significant changes in market expectations of the path of monetary policy. Furthermore, our results suggest that these changes have a significant and sizeable impact on medium to long-term interest rates.
Subjects: 
central bank communication
ECB
Money market rates
yield curve
JEL: 
E43
E58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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