Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/281103 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
Queen’s Economics Department Working Paper No. 1499
Publisher: 
Queen's University, Department of Economics, Kingston (Ontario)
Abstract: 
We develop a new series of Canadian monetary policy shocks and analyze their impact on inflation and real GDP from 1996-2020. Our shocks are constructed as the daily change in the Nelson-Siegel yield curve factors after a monetary policy announcement. Because these shocks include information along the entire yield curve, they provide a more comprehensive view of Canadian monetary policy relative to the existing literature, which focuses on shocks to the short-run interest rate. We docu- ment that monetary policy shocks often twist the yield curve, which tends to make monetary policy less effective. Furthermore, we find that lower real interest rates have muted the overall impact of monetary policy over time. Looking at particular episodes, there is little evidence that forward guidance or quantitative easing had a significant impact on inflation or real GDP.
Subjects: 
Monetary Policy Shocks
Canada
Yield Curve
Local Projections
Unconventional Monetary Policy
JEL: 
E52
E65
C58
G12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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